Pressure Infusion Cuff and Blood Warmer during Massive Transfusion: An Experimental Study About Hemolysis and Hypothermia.

Thomas G PoderDenise PruneauJosée DorvalLouis ThibaultJean-François FisetteSuzanne K BédardAnnie JacquesPatrice Beauregard

Published in: PloS one (2016)

To use a blood warmer set at 41.5°C in conjunction with a compression sleeve at 150 or 300 mmHg does not generate hemolysis. At 300 mmHg a blood warmer set at 41.5°C does not totally avoid a risk of hypothermia.

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