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Aledort LM. New approaches to management of bleeding disorders. HOSPITAL PRACTICE (OFFICE ED.) 1989; 24:207-11, 214, 219-21 passim. [PMID: 2493009 DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1989.11703667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- L M Aledort
- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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Wenger RK, Lukasiewicz H, Mikuta B, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH. Loss of platelet fibrinogen receptors during clinical cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)35329-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rousou J, Levitsky S, Gonzalez-Lavin L, Cosgrove D, Magilligan D, Weldon C, Hiebert C, Hess P, Joyce L, Bergsland J, Gazzaniga A. Randomized clinical trial of fibrin sealant in patients undergoing resternotomy or reoperation after cardiac operations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)35324-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zuck TF. An hypothesis on the cost effectiveness of homologous blood transfusions in 1988. Transfus Med Rev 1988; 2:245-9. [PMID: 2980092 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-7963(88)70052-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- T F Zuck
- Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267-0055
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Mohr R, Lavee J, Amroch D, Goor DA, Martinowitz U, Ramot B. The hemostatic effect of transfusing fresh whole blood versus platelet concentrates after cardiac operations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)35204-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vander Woude JC, Milam JD, Walker WE, Houchin DP, Weiland AP, Cooley DA. Cardiovascular surgery in patients with congenital plasma coagulopathies. Ann Thorac Surg 1988; 46:283-8. [PMID: 3261969 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)65926-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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From 1978 to 1986, fifteen cardiovascular operations were performed on 13 patients with known congenital bleeding disorders. The patients (10 men and 3 women) had a mean age of 51.1 +/- 3.4 years. Four were seen with cardiovascular lesions and documented hemophilia A (Factor VIII deficiency); 3 had hemophilia B (Factor IX deficiency); 3 had Factor XI deficiency; 2 had von Willebrand's disease, and 1 had dysfibrinogenemia. All patients had a history of major hemorrhage after dental extractions or general surgical procedures, and had clearly documented coagulation disorders on hematological evaluation. Elective cardiovascular procedures performed in these patients included aortocoronary bypass grafting (eight), cardiac valve replacement or repair (five), aortic graft placement (one), and carotid endarterectomy (one). The mainstay of perioperative management included appropriate replacement therapy with blood components. Coagulation factor levels were measured routinely to guide therapy. There were no deaths. Two hemorrhagic complications necessitated reexploration. We conclude that in patients known to have congenital coagulation disorders, cardiovascular operations using systemic heparinization can be performed with minimal morbidity and mortality when carried out with preoperative and perioperative support from the hematology service, adequate replacement therapy using blood components, and careful monitoring of the coagulation status.
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- J C Vander Woude
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225
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Kobrinsky NL, Tulloch H. Treatment of refractory thrombocytopenic bleeding with 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (desmopressin). J Pediatr 1988; 112:993-6. [PMID: 3373409 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(88)80234-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- N L Kobrinsky
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Rocha E, Llorens R, Páramo JA, Arcas R, Cuesta B, Trenor AM. Does desmopressin acetate reduce blood loss after surgery in patients on cardiopulmonary bypass? Circulation 1988; 77:1319-23. [PMID: 3286039 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.77.6.1319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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It has been suggested that desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) administration reduces blood loss after cardiac surgery. We have investigated the effect of DDAVP administration in a double-blind, randomized, prospective trial including 100 patients placed on cardiopulmonary bypass during surgery. Fifty patients received 0.3 micrograms/kg DDAVP and 50 patients received a placebo administered in a 50 ml saline solution over 15 min when cardiopulmonary bypass had been concluded. Results showed no significant differences either in total blood loss per square meter (458 +/- 206 ml in the DDAVP group vs 536 +/- 304 ml in the placebo group) or in necessity for red cell transfusions (1642 +/- 705 ml in the DDAVP group vs 1574 +/- 645 ml in the placebo group) in the first 72 hr after surgery. Only intraoperative blood loss per square meter was significantly lower (p less than .02) in the DDAVP group (131 +/- 106 ml) as compared with the placebo group (193 +/- 137 ml). The prolongation of bleeding time and the decrease of factor VIII:C and factor VIII:von Willebrand factor 90 min after treatment were significantly lower (p less than .001) in the DDAVP group as compared with the placebo group. We conclude that the administration of DDAVP in patients placed on cardiopulmonary bypass during surgery does not reduce total blood loss and is only effective in reducing intraoperative bleeding.
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- E Rocha
- Hematology and Cardiovascular Surgery Services, University Clinic, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Sieber PR, Belis JA, Jarowenko MV, Rohner TJ. Desmopressin control of surgical hemorrhage secondary to prolonged bleeding time. J Urol 1988; 139:1066-7. [PMID: 3361648 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)42775-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Desmopressin has been used as a hemostatic agent in numerous hematological and nonhematological diseases. We report a case of surgical hemorrhage secondary to prolonged bleeding time of unexplained origin controlled with desmopressin.
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- P R Sieber
- Department of Surgery, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey
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Hemophilia A and von Willebrand's disease are hereditary disorders associated with qualitative and quantitative abnormalities of clotting factor VIII. A major clinical feature is excessive or abnormal bleeding often necessitating the use of transfusions of pooled blood products to achieve hemostasis. Exposure to blood products places the recipient at risk for infection by the hepatitis B virus or the human immunodeficiency virus. A synthetic analog of arginine vasopressin, 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin, has been shown to increase the plasma levels of factor VIII coagulant activity and von Willebrand's factor, and clinically to improve abnormal bleeding, obviating the need to use blood products.
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- K M Salva
- Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467
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- S A Berkman
- Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90024
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Vander Salm TJ, Ansell JE, Okike O, Marsicano TH, Lew R, Stephenson WP, Rooney K. The role of epsilon-aminocaproic acid in reducing bleeding after cardiac operation: A double-blind randomized study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)35778-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ferraris VA, Ferraris SP, Lough FC, Berry WR. Preoperative aspirin ingestion increases operative blood loss after coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 1988; 45:71-4. [PMID: 3257376 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62401-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Thirty-four patients were entered into a non-blinded, randomized study to test the effect of preoperative aspirin ingestion on postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements after coronary artery bypass grafting. Sixteen patients in the aspirin-treated group had significantly increased chest-tube blood loss 12 hours after operation (1,513 +/- 978 versus 916 +/- 482 ml; p = 0.038). In addition, aspirin users had significantly increased requirements for postoperative packed red blood cells (4.4 +/- 3.5 versus 1.8 +/- 1.3 units; p = 0.014), platelets (1.3 +/- 1.3 versus 0.2 +/- 0.4 six-donor units, p = 0.0049), and fresh-frozen plasma (3.6 +/- 5.0 versus 0.78 +/- 1.6 units; p = 0.042) transfusions. The only patients requiring reoperation for bleeding were in the aspirin-treated group (2 patients). Six patients were not entered into the randomized part of the study because of excessively prolonged post-aspirin bleeding times (greater than 10 minutes). This finding suggests that a subset of patients are particularly sensitive to aspirin and have significantly prolonged bleeding times after aspirin ingestion. We conclude that aspirin ingestion increases postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements, and we recommend discontinuation of aspirin therapy before cardiac procedures.
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- V A Ferraris
- Department of Surgery, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129-6700
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Gaillard RC, Riondel AM, Ling N, Muller AF. Corticotropin releasing factor activity of CRF 41 in normal man is potentiated by angiotensin II and vasopressin but not by desmopressin. Life Sci 1988; 43:1935-44. [PMID: 2849011 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(88)80012-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Multiple hypothalamic factors seem to influence ACTH release. In vitro and/or in vivo animal models have shown that angiotensin II, vasopressin and some of its analogs are ACTH secretagogues capable of potentiating the corticotropin releasing activity of CRF41. Since these effects are controversial in man, we investigated in 3 groups of volunteers the corticotropin releasing activity of a 2h-infusion of angiotensin II (7 ng/kg/min), vasopressin (1 ng/kg/min) and desmopressin (1 ng/kg/min) given alone or in combination with a bolus injection of 100 micrograms CRF41 by measuring plasma concentrations of ACTH, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone and delta 4-androstenedione. Given alone angiotensin II and desmopressin had no significant effect in contrast to vasopressin which increased significantly the ACTH and steroid levels. Angiotensin II and vasopressin were both able to potentiate the corticotropin releasing activity of CRF41, whereas desmopressin was unable to produce such a potentiation. These results suggest that in man vasopressin and angiotensin II may well regulate the responsiveness of the pituitary-adrenal axis in various physiological or pathophysiological situations.
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- R C Gaillard
- Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Royston D, Bidstrup BP, Taylor KM, Sapsford RN. Effect of aprotinin on need for blood transfusion after repeat open-heart surgery. Lancet 1987; 2:1289-91. [PMID: 2446091 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)91190-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 531] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Of 22 patients undergoing repeat open-heart surgery through a previous median sternotomy wound 11 were randomised to receive the serine proteinase inhibitor aprotinin in high dosage (about 700 mg intravenously from the start of anaesthesia to the end of operation, depending on the length of the surgical procedure). Their mean blood loss was 286 ml compared with 1509 ml in the 11 control patients (p less than 0.001), and mean haemoglobin losses were 8.3 g and 78 g, respectively (p less than 0.001). Blood transfusion requirements were eightfold higher in the control group than in the aprotinin group, 7 of whom received only the single unit of their own blood taken before cardiopulmonary bypass.
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- D Royston
- Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London
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van Oeveren W, Jansen NJ, Bidstrup BP, Royston D, Westaby S, Neuhof H, Wildevuur CR. Effects of aprotinin on hemostatic mechanisms during cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 1987; 44:640-5. [PMID: 2446574 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62153-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with activation of humoral systems, which results in the release of proteases. These proteases may affect platelets and stimulate granulocytes. In the present study, the protease inhibitor aprotinin was given in high doses to 11 patients to achieve plasma concentrations of more than 150 kallikrein inactivator units per milliliter during CPB. At such concentrations, kallikrein and plasmin are effectively inhibited. This treatment resulted in platelet preservation during CPB. Platelet numbers were virtually unaffected, and thromboxane release was prevented in the aprotinin-treated group in contrast to the control group. Postoperatively, hemostasis was significantly better preserved after aprotinin treatment (blood loss of 357 ml in the treated group versus 674 ml in the untreated group; p less than 0.01). Since tissue-plasminogen activator activity was similar in both groups, the improved hemostasis most likely should be attributed to platelet preservation. Furthermore, aprotinin lessened neutrophilic elastase release, which might contribute to decreased pulmonary dysfunction in patients at risk.
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- W van Oeveren
- Department of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Spotnitz WD, Dalton MS, Baker JW, Nolan SP. Reduction of perioperative hemorrhage by anterior mediastinal spray application of fibrin glue during cardiac operations. Ann Thorac Surg 1987; 44:529-31. [PMID: 2445314 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62115-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A variety of published techniques for the production of concentrated fibrinogen from units of screened single-donor human plasma have led to increasing clinical use of fibrin glue in the United States. We have adapted a method of applying this material with a disposable plastic sprayer. In 20 consecutively treated patients, fibrin glue was sprayed on the anterior mediastinum before closure of the median sternotomy incision. A control group of 20 patients undergoing the identical cardiac operations (13 coronary artery bypass grafting procedures [CABG], 4 valve replacements [including 1 reoperative procedure], and 3 combined valve replacements and CABG) by the same surgeon within a one-year period was chosen for comparison of chest tube outputs. Specifically, chest tube outputs were as follows for treated and untreated patients, respectively: at 12 hours, 461 +/- 40 ml (mean +/- 1 standard error of the mean versus 731 +/- 80 ml; at 24 hours, 714 +/- 73 ml versus 1,016 +/- 109 ml; and at 48 hours, 863 +/- 93 ml versus 1,187 +/- 137 ml. The differences between control and spray chest tube output are statistically significant by unpaired t test (p less than 0.05) at both 12 and 24 hours. Thus, this method can reduce perioperative hemorrhage from the anterior mediastinum after cardiac operations.
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- W D Spotnitz
- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908
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At this time, when the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, hepatitis, and other blood-borne diseases threaten patients, with bleeding disorders, who need treatment with blood products, it is rewarding to realize that a number of them can be safely and effectively treated through the stimulation of their own VIII:C and vWF production with desmopressin. Desmopressin is clinically useful for treatment of patients with moderate and mild hemophilia. The limits of the clinical indications are the nature of the bleeding episode, the resting factor level, the level that must be achieved, and the length of time the level must be maintained to manage any given bleeding episode. Desmopressin can be used more extensively to raise VIII:C in von Willebrand's disease, than in classic hemophilia, because fewer of the patients have the severe form of the disease that is unresponsive to desmopressin. VIII:C increases to about four times the resting values that can be expected in both hemophilia and von Willebrand's disease, but it must be kept in mind that the range of individual responses is large. Even though it is not easy to correct the prolonged bleeding time, particularly in patients with dysfunctional vWF, this drawback is of clinical importance for only a minority of cases. Use of desmopressin in acquired diseases of primary hemostasis has been proposed more recently, and our experience is more limited than for congenital bleeding disorders. Uremia is probably the most firmly established indication, because the bleeding time is often dramatically shortened by desmopressin, and hemorrhages can be stopped or prevented. The indications for the compound in liver cirrhosis and congenital and acquired platelet dysfunctions are promising but much less well-established. The mechanism of action of desmopressin is not well-known, and more work must be done to fill this important gap. This problem is not only of theoretical importance, because understanding of the mechanism of action of the compound should open up new perspectives into understanding the physiological mechanisms that regulate hemostasis. Many unclarified aspects of the mechanism of desmopressin action might be elucidated by using specific antagonists and also by using appropriate animal models. (Dogs and primates respond partially to desmopressin, but rats and rabbits do not respond at all).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- P M Mannuccio
- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Maggiore Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- L A Harker
- Roon Research Center for Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis, Department of Basic and Clinical Research Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037
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Abstracts. Postgrad Med J 1987. [DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.63.744.917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tuman KJ, Spiess BD, Schoen RE, Ivankovich AD. Use of thromboelastography in the management of von Willebrand's disease during cardiopulmonary bypass. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987; 1:321-4. [PMID: 17165316 DOI: 10.1016/s0888-6296(87)80046-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- K J Tuman
- Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, USA
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Finn RS, Moss J. Effect of Anesthetics on Endocrine Function Effect on Sympathetic Nervous System Function and Vasopressin Function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8537(21)00630-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Copplestone JA. Bleeding and coagulation disorders in the elderly. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY 1987; 1:559-80. [PMID: 3322449 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3536(87)80013-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ageing does not bring with it any major changes in the coagulation or fibrinolytic proteins or platelets. It does bring a greater burden of disease, with less reserves, and so when haemorrhage occurs in the elderly it has more serious consequences. The cause of a bleeding diathesis can usually be determined after a careful history, and examination of the patient followed by simple tests--the platelet count, blood film, bleeding time, prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, fibrin degradation products and the euglobulin clot lysis time. Other confirmatory tests, assays and inhibitor titres, will seal the diagnosis. Treatment is mainly directed at removing the underlying cause, if possible, and remedying the defect, with platelet transfusion, fresh frozen plasma or factor concentrates. These treatments will not be effective where there is an inhibitor or antibody present; steroids, splenectomy (for ITP), plasma exchange or immunosuppression are needed. Two major advances have occurred in the early 1980s. One has been the introduction of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin in the management of ITP, although worries remain about thrombotic events in elderly patients. The other is the spreading use of DDAVP, originally introduced for von Willebrand's disease and mild haemophilia, and now finding a role in uraemia and with cardiopulmonary bypass. Drugs are a significant and potentially preventable cause of bleeding in the elderly. The most frequent problems arise with anticoagulants. The risk of interactions increase with the number of other medications which are prescribed.
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Czer LS, Bateman TM, Gray RJ, Raymond M, Stewart ME, Lee S, Goldfinger D, Chaux A, Matloff JM. Treatment of severe platelet dysfunction and hemorrhage after cardiopulmonary bypass: reduction in blood product usage with desmopressin. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987; 9:1139-47. [PMID: 3571753 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(87)80319-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Impairment of platelet function commonly occurs after cardiopulmonary bypass, and may result in substantial bleeding. Because desmopressin acetate (a synthetic analogue of vasopressin) shortens bleeding time in a variety of platelet disorders, a controlled clinical trial of intravenous desmopressin was performed in 39 patients with excessive mediastinal bleeding (greater than 100 ml/h) and a prolonged template bleeding time (greater than 10 minutes) more than 2 hours after termination of cardiopulmonary bypass. Twenty-three desmopressin recipients and 16 control patients (no desmopressin) were similar in surgical procedure, pump time, platelet count, template bleeding time and amount of bleeding before therapy (p = NS). Compared with the control group, the patients receiving desmopressin (20 micrograms; mean 0.3 micrograms/kg) utilized fewer blood products (29 +/- 19 versus 15 +/- 13 units/patient; p less than 0.05), especially platelets (12 +/- 9 versus 4 +/- 7 units/patient; p = 0.004), while achieving a similarly effective reduction in mediastinal bleeding (4.8- and 4.3-fold, p = 0.001 for both). Severe platelet dysfunction was partially corrected within 1 hour after desmopressin infusion, during which interval no blood products were administered: the template bleeding time shortened (from 17 to 12.5 minutes, p less than 0.05), whereas the platelet count remained unchanged (at 96 +/- 35 and 105 +/- 31 X 10(3)/mm3, p = NS). The plasma levels of two factor VIII components increased: procoagulant activity (VIII:C) from 0.97 +/- 0.43 to 1.52 +/- 0.74 units/ml (p less than 0.05) and von Willebrand factor (VIII:vWF) from 1.28 to 1.78 units/ml (p less than 0.05); these increases correlated with the shortening of the bleeding time (p less than 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Burns ER. Routine template bleeding time determinations before cardiac procedures: Reply. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)36433-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Peters CJ, Jahrling PB, Liu CT, Kenyon RH, McKee KT, Barrera Oro JG. Experimental studies of arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1987; 134:5-68. [PMID: 3034512 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-71726-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Bernet F, Carrel T, Marbet G, Skarvan K, Stulz P. Reduction of Blood Loss and Transfusion Requirements After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Similar Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid and Aprotinin in Aspirin-treated Patients. Echocardiography 1985. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1985.tb01253.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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