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Rapid Transfusion Devices for Hemorrhagic Cardiothoracic Trauma

Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 111 South 11th St., 5480 Gibbon, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Yoogoo Kang, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, JeffersonMedical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Cardiothoracic trauma patients are frequently hypovolemic and hypothermic and may require massive transfusion, which can itself causesuch complications as acidosis, electrolyte imbalance (hypocalcemia and hyperkalemia), hypothermia, di lutional coagulopathy, and adultrespiratory distress syn drome. At the present time, there are a number of rapid infu sion devices such as Level I® (capable of delivering 37°C at a flow rate of up to 600 ml/min), Fluid Management System® (FMS®) (which can deliver 37.5°C of fluid at a flow rate of up to 500 ml/min), Rapid Infusion System® (RIS®) (which can pro vide up to 1,500 ml of 37°C fluid in one and one half minutes), and Rapid Solution Administration Set® (RSASO) (which can not only deliver a maximum of 2,200 m/min, but can warm the fluid to normothermia at a flow rate of 500 ml/min). However, pressurized devices such as Level IO can cause air embolism, interstitial infiltration and the compartment syndrome, and the flow rate is not operator-controlled. Devices such as FMS®, RIS®, and RSAS® incorporate a cardiotomy reservoir which has the potential for clot formation when any calcium-con taining solution is added. In this article, rapid infusion devices are compared, and complications associated with massive transfusion are described.

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol. 6, No. 2, 105-112 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/108925320200600207


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