The Effect of Cell Salvage on Bleeding and Transfusion Needs in Cardiac Surgery.
Frixos TachiasEvangelia SamaraAnastasios PetrouAgathi KarakostaStavros SiminelakisEfstratios ApostolakisPetros TzimasPublished in: Anesthesiology research and practice (2022)
Within the study's constraints, the perioperative use of the cell salvage concentrate does not seem to affect bleeding or transfusion variables, although it could probably ameliorate postoperative oxygenation in adult cardiac surgery patients. A tendency to promote coagulation disturbances was detected.