Surgeries for total knee replacement (TKR) are increasing and in this context there is a need to develop new protocols for management and use of blood transfusion therapy. Autologous blood reduces the need for allogeneic blood transfusion and the aim of the present study was to verify the safety and the clinical efficacy. An observational retrospective study has been conducted on 124 patients, ...

OBJECTIVE Several studies have looked at the appropriateness of red blood cell transfusions, using retrospective chart reviews to assess compliance with guidelines. The goal of this study was to determine the quality of medical chart documentation, and assess the validity and the feasibility of using retrospective chart review data as part of a quality improvement (QI) program, to evaluate the ...

Bleeding of the main health problems is intraoperative in hospitals, mainly. Control adequate oxygen essential for tissue oxygen. Autologous blood transfusion used as a strategy to reduce possibility negative effects allo and situations lack donated blood. The aim study determine importance advantages autologous through systematic review studies addressing autotransfusion, published between 201...

We studied the possibility of performing radical nephrectomy with only predeposit autologous blood transfusion in the treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma. A total of 15 patients who ranged in age from 32 to 69 years and had a hemoglobin concentration of over 12 g/dl on admission underwent radical nephrectomy with preoperative autologous blood donation. Five patients did not need tra...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess transfusion requirements in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with and without autologous blood donation and to calculate the costs of predonation from the hospital perspective. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Single university hospital. PARTICIPANTS Four thousand three hundred twenty-five patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery...

BACKGROUND Patient blood management combines the use of several transfusion alternatives. Integrated use of erythropoietin, cell saver, and/or postoperative drain reinfusion devices on allogeneic erythrocyte use was evaluated using a restrictive transfusion threshold. METHODS In a factorial design, adult elective hip- and knee-surgery patients with hemoglobin levels 10 to 13 g/dl (n = 683) we...

BACKGROUND The objective was to investigate the use of autologous red blood cells (RBCs) derived from umbilical cord blood (UCB), as an alternative for allogeneic transfusions in premature infants admitted to a tertiary neonatal center. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS UCB collection was performed at deliveries of less than 32 weeks of gestation and processed into autologous RBC products. Premature i...

Preoperative autologous blood collection and the reinfusion of postoperative blood salvaged from wound drainage can help to decrease the use of homologous blood transfusion in total knee arthroplasty. We have evaluated 100 primary total knee arthroplasties carried out at the García Orcoyen Hospital between 2001-2003. Eighty-eight point seven percent (88.7%) of available autotransfusion blood pa...

Living related liver donation for liver transplantation in adults including its risks is receiving increased attention. We present data from 44 liver donors focusing on transfusion requirements and avoidance of heterologous transfusion. The volume of blood transfused (both autologous from preoperative donation and heterologous) was assessed including that derived from intraoperative isovolemic ...