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This was an over 80 year old female undergoing aortic valve
replacement (AVR). Post-operative bleeding was 300mL and the patient left the ICU on
post-op Day #1 with no blood products given.
We reinfused 900mLs from the Hemobag® of
Concentrated Autologous Whole Blood salvaged from the CPB circuit with the
following parameters (SI units in brackets):
- Hct: 57% (0.57)
- Platelets: 364 x 103/mm3
(364 x 109/L)
- Fibrinogen: 740 mg/dL (7.4 g/L)
- Albumin: 6.6 g/dL (66 g/L)
- Total protein: 11.7g/dL (117 g/L)
This case represents a new fibrinogen record for the Hemobag® and it was done in 12
minutes (while still keeping the extracorporeal
circuit primed and ready to go back on, if required, at all times).
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