The preoperative blood donation is known to be effective to reduce homologous blood transfusion in open-heart surgery. In this report, the appropriate volume of the autologous blood was determined by the retrospective analysis of 228 elective CABG patients who donated blood preoperatively. The amount of the donated blood was 800ml in 82% of the cases, and 400ml in 11%, and the rates of avoiding homologous blood were 84% and 72% respectively. To avoid homologous blood transfusion, many factors were proved to be considered, namely, the patient's sex, the age, the body weight, the body surface area, the preoperative hemoglobin level, the number of grafts, the perfusion time, the need for the use of autologous blood during cardiopulmonary bypass, and the volume of postoperative chest drainage. It is concluded that the appropriate volume of the blood donation before CABG is 800ml in ordinary cases, 1200ml in cases with anemia, small body, older age, or multiple bypass grafting, and 2000ml in redo cases.
The cryoprecipitate, used for fibrin glue, can be obtained from the donated blood by freezing and thawing the plasma at 4°C. The autologous fibrin glue appeared to be as effective as the one commercially available. Its wider use is recommended in open-heart cases with autologous blood donation, for avoiding viral infection as well as cutting the operative cost.
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