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Complement activation in shed blood: release of C3a and C5a. Implications for autologous transfusion
M D Orr1, D E Riester, J Hultman
1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7838.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
This preliminary data indicates that kinins are activated in blood shed into a wound particularly at the beginning of an operation. Reinfusion of such blood should only be accomplished after the removal of these activated factors.