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A method for the re-infusion of shed mediastinal blood in cardiac surgery
1Department of Surgery, University of Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood following cardiac surgery is an important advance in this era of enhanced concern for transfusion transmitted diseases. The requirements necessary for the successful re-infusion of shed mediastinal blood are discussed and a system is described which is easy to use, simple in design and efficient in performance.