Recycling a patient's lost blood during surgery better than using banked blood

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-05/jhm-rap050814.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 8-May-2014

Contact: Stephanie Desmon
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Recycling a patient's lost blood during surgery better than using banked blood

Patients whose own red blood cells are recycled and given back to them during heart surgery have healthier blood cells better able to carry oxygen where it is most needed compared to those who get transfusions of blood stored in a blood bank, according to results of a small study at Johns Hopkins.

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