PubMed · 6836701
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Microaggregate filtration.. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.1983.23283172865.x
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We describe a case of favism in a female newborn infant with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency whose mother had ingested fava beans 5 days before delivery. At birth there were clinical and hematologic signs of hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinuria, and no blood group immunization. Study of the G6PD activity and 2-deoxy-glucose-6-phosphate utilization rate revealed that the infant and the mother were heterozygous for G6PD deficiency.
A fluid-warming pressure infusion device (H-500/H25i, Level 1) was modified to meet the demands for safe, normothermic, and effective massive transfusions. By incorporating an autoventing 40 microns filter (Pall AV-SP), which was originally manufactured for use in an extracorporal circulation, the risk of accidental air embolism can be eliminated. Feasibility and efficiency of this model were tested in ten patients. The mean volume transfused and infused (packed red cells and colloids) was 6750 mL (SD +/- 2519) during a mean period of acute volume resuscitation of 55 minutes (SD +/- 30). Calculated flow rates averaged 140 mL/min, which were sufficient to stabilize all but one patient. This patient subsequently died because of uncontrollable surgical bleeding. Body temperature remained stable with a minimal mean drop of -0.3 degrees C. Supplying the Level 1 warming and pressure device with a Pall AV-SP filter allows for safe, effective, and demand-adapted massive transfusions in a large number of trauma patients at a reasonable cost.