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Red blood cell recovery and reinfusion.

Waters JH

Department of Anesthesiology, Magee Women's Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Suite 3510, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. watejh@upmc.edu

This article describes the intraoperative washed cell salvage process and principles of cell salvage technology and addresses the parameters that can maximize the effectiveness of the process. Used appropriately, this technique can be used to recover and readminister several blood volumes of red cells.

Published 30 May 2005 in Anesthesiol Clin North America, 23(2): 283-94, vi.
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