Abstract The Southern Arizona Red Cross Blood program, in conjunction with participating
hospitals and cardiac surgeons, evaluated the effect of a program to harvest autologous …

Prior nonblinded studies have suggested dramatic hemostatic effects and decreased
plasma after cardiopulmonary bypass. Platelet rich plasma (8 to 10 ml/kg total body weight) …

To study the effect of plasma sequestration and reinfusion of platelet-rich plasma on blood
loss after cardiopulmonary bypass, 18 patients undergoing heart operations were randomly …

The present study evaluated (1) the influence of the collection of autologous platelet-rich
plasma intraoperatively in addition to intraoperative autotransfusion on homologous blood …

Twenty units of fresh whole blood were separated into fresh packed red blood cells (PC) and
platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and were transfused to 40 patients immediately after coronary …

Preoperative platelet-rich plasmapheresis has been suggested as a means of reducing
homologous blood transfusions in cardiac surgical patients. The current study evaluated this …

Background Patients undergoing cardiac surgery employing cardiopulmonary bypass
frequently require transfusion of homologous blood products and, therefore, are exposed to …

Patients undergoing cardiac operations constitute the majority of recipients of fresh frozen
plasma. In most centers the reason for transfusing fresh frozen plasma is to replace clotting …

BACKGROUND.: Blood conservation remains an important element for patients undergoing
cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass. Preoperative platelet-rich plasma (PRP) …

A method of harvesting a high yield of concentrated platelet-and leukocyte-rich plasma was
developed with the goal of attenuating some of the deleterious effects of cardiopulmonary …