Abstract
Rapidly frozend blood were transfused to the chronic dialysis patients to improve the anemia of chronic renal diseases and to the patients who underwent cardiovascular operation at the Cardiovascular Division of Kanagawa-Byoin National Sanatorium.
1) Treatment of anemia in hemodialysis patients: Frozen homo-blood were given to 11 cases (i4 times, 44 units).
2) Transfusion during and/or after the cardiovascular operation: Frozen auto-blood were given to 9 cases. Six cases are still on a waiting list and their blood is already in preservation.
None of these patients developed hepatitis and any other adverse effects were not observed. This transfusion of frozen blood is thought to be most adequate for the blood component therapy and should be extended to the larger number of patients in the future.
