AmSECT Today December 2007

Hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) associated with cold myocardial protection is commonly used to perform neonatal cardiac surgery. Hypothermia is usually chosen to preserve the brain in case of failure of oxygen delivery whatever it may result from.

Here we describe a practical, rapid and user-friendly whole blood platelet function assay that has been developed for use in bed-side settings.