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).
The graphs below show the changes in blood and protein
parameters* between the
patient's blood sample drawn from the patient at
aortic decanulation, and the autologous whole blood before being re-infused
drawn from the Hemobag:
