
097CE: Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH) with Steve Frank
Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast
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Intraoperative Cell Salvage: A New Approach to Surgery
We bank the patient's own blood right there in the OR and sit right in and give it back to them when the bleeding is finished. Infections and cancer during surgery are considered relative contraindications because the blood is washed in the centrifuge. There's no random on a trial showing whether there's increased cancer recurrence when you use cell saver during cancer surgery. We'll circle back around to that issue in just a little bit.
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