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An assessment of the efficacy of preoperative controlled haemodilution in the perioperative management of patients including the elderly
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Abstract
Material and methods: The patients were allocated randomly to group A or B each made up of 31 patients. Both groups did not differ statistically. In group A, before the administraion of anaesthesia, 500 to 800 ml of blood was collected and the blood was replaced with colloids in the ratio of 1:1. The blood was reinfused postoperatively.
Results: The average hemoglobin content of the blood and the serum protein amongst others, and the general well-being of the patients in both age groups ≤ 70 and > 70, did not reveal any difference of statistical significance.
Conclusions: 1. In the operative wards of a general hospital, a trained group of anaesthests may apply the technique of preoperative controlled haemodilution, which benefits the patient; 2. Preoperative controlled haemodilution maintains haemodynamic stability which allows it to be applied in patients in a wide range of age groups in operative procedures that usually require the transfusion of donor blood in the perioperative period.
Abstract
Material and methods: The patients were allocated randomly to group A or B each made up of 31 patients. Both groups did not differ statistically. In group A, before the administraion of anaesthesia, 500 to 800 ml of blood was collected and the blood was replaced with colloids in the ratio of 1:1. The blood was reinfused postoperatively.
Results: The average hemoglobin content of the blood and the serum protein amongst others, and the general well-being of the patients in both age groups ≤ 70 and > 70, did not reveal any difference of statistical significance.
Conclusions: 1. In the operative wards of a general hospital, a trained group of anaesthests may apply the technique of preoperative controlled haemodilution, which benefits the patient; 2. Preoperative controlled haemodilution maintains haemodynamic stability which allows it to be applied in patients in a wide range of age groups in operative procedures that usually require the transfusion of donor blood in the perioperative period.
Keywords
posttransfusion risks; alternative methods; acute normovolemic haemodilution; preoperative controlled haemodilution


Title
An assessment of the efficacy of preoperative controlled haemodilution in the perioperative management of patients including the elderly
Journal
Chirurgia Polska (Polish Surgery)
Issue
Pages
111-124
Published online
2006-04-12
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Bibliographic record
Chirurgia Polska 2006;8(2):111-124.
Keywords
posttransfusion risks
alternative methods
acute normovolemic haemodilution
preoperative controlled haemodilution
Authors
Christopher Obasi
Jerzy Arendt
Zygmunt Antoszewski