1. Extracorporeal Circulation with a Duraflo-II Heparin-treated System. Clinical Experience in 30 Patients
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PW Boonstra, R.J. Huyzen, A. Eijgelaar, YJ Gu, Ch. R. H. Wildevuur, K. W. H. J. van der Kamp, C. Akkerman, and W. van Oeveren
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Cardiotomy reservoir ,business.industry ,Anesthesia ,Extracorporeal circulation ,medicine ,Heparin ,business ,Perfusion ,Oxygenator ,Extracorporeal ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The surface of our extracorporeal circuit (from Bentley/Baxter company) that contained a hollow-fiber oxygenator was treated with heparin, a so-called Duraflo II-heparin treatment. All components of the circuit were treated with heparin except for the cardiotomy reservoir which could not be treated with heparin. Thirty patients participated in the study: 15 patients were perfused with a heparin-treated extracorporeal circuit, and 15 other patients were perfused with an identical circuit, but without heparin-treatment of the surface. All patients were also systemically heparinized in a standard way; this meant a starting dose of 3 mg/kg and an additional dose of 1 mg/kg after 1 h of perfusion.
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- 1992
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