Comparison of three infant venous reservoirs with vacuum-assisted venous drainage during varying levels of cardiotomy suction.
Brandon C ShadeRichard W MelchiorDouglas R FisherRobin HighChristopher E MascioTami M RosenthalDavid W HoltPublished in: Perfusion (2019)
There is an adverse effect of excessive cardiotomy suction on the efficacy of vacuum-assisted venous drainage in infant hard-shell venous reservoirs. There is no significant difference between the VHK 11000, Pixie, and FX05 regarding their ability to handle this occurrence. An important discovery was that the FX05 showed a greater transfer of vacuum to the venous cannulas and reservoir inlet.