Autologous blood transfusion in open heart surgeries under cardio-pulmonary bypass - Clinical appraisal

Utilisation of blood and blood products during open heart surgery in a low-income country: our local experience in 3 years

“…Cardiac surgery, especially intra-cardiac or open heart surgery, is associated with massive bleeding owing to systemic heparinisation and suffuse diffusive damage during cardiopulmonary bypass 1 . Particularly, the damage via the cardiopulmonary bypass is time dependent and is known to increase if the pump time crosses an hour.…”