intraoperative hemodilution
intraoperative hemodilution
Transfusion medicine A form of perioperative autologous blood transfusion, in which 1-2 units of blood are withdrawn from the Pt before surgery and replaced with crystalloid; the blood is stored at room temperature in the OR, thereby eliminating need to formally collect, test, and store blood. Cf Autologous blood transfusion, Intraoperative blood salvage.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.