Washing of Irradiated Red Blood Cells in Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Is It Clinically Useful? A Retrospective Audit
To avoid the adverse effects of increased lactate and potassium concentration during paediatric bypass, prewashing of homologous blood in a cell-saving device was implemented at our institution. A retrospective audit of clinical data was performed to assess the relevance of this method.
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