Transfusion Medicine

Reconstituted blood is better for infants' heart surgery than fresh blood

Published in Blood Weekly, November 4th, 2004

Using reconstituted blood - packed red cells and fresh-frozen plasma that are mixed in the operating room just before use - for heart bypass surgery in infants works better than using fresh whole blood, researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Children's Medical Center Dallas have found.

Babies who received the reconstituted blood during surgery to repair congenital heart defects on average had shorter stays in the intensive care unit and spent less time on mechanical ventilation after surgery than babies who received fresh whole blood - blood that is less than 48 hours old and whose red cells and plasma have not been...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2004-11-04)

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