• Transfusion · May 2011

    Blood transfusions recruit the microcirculation during cardiac surgery.

    • Koray Yuruk, Emre Almac, Rick Bezemer, Peter Goedhart, Bas de Mol, and Can Ince.
    • Department of Translational Physiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. k.yuruk@amc.uva.nl
    • Transfusion. 2011 May 1;51(5):961-7.

    BackgroundPerioperative red blood cell transfusions are commonly used in patients undergoing cardiac surgery to correct anemia caused by blood loss and hemodilution associated with cardiopulmonary bypass circulation. The aim of this investigation was to test the hypothesis that blood transfusion has beneficial effects on sublingual microcirculatory density, perfusion, and oxygenation. To this end, sidestream dark field (SDF) imaging and spectrophotometry were applied sublingually before and after blood transfusion during cardiac surgery.Study Design And MethodsTwenty-four adult patients undergoing on-pump cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass grafting, cardiac-valve surgery, or a combination of these two procedures, were included consecutively in this prospective, observational study. Sublingual microcirculatory density and perfusion were assessed using SDF imaging in 12 patients (Group A). Sublingual reflectance spectrophotometry was applied in 12 patients (Group B) to monitor microcirculatory oxygenation and hemoglobin (Hb) concentration.ResultsBlood transfusion caused an increase in systemic Hb concentration (p < 0.01) and hematocrit (p < 0.01). At the microcirculatory level, blood transfusion resulted in increased microcirculatory density (from 10.5 ± 1.2 to 12.9 ± 1.2 mm capillary/mm(2) tissue, p < 0.01) as shown using SDF imaging. In concert with the SDF measurements, spectrophotometry showed that microcirculatory Hb content increased from 61.4 ± 5.9 to 70.0 ± 4.7 AU (p < 0.01) and that microcirculatory Hb oxygen saturation increased from 65.6 ± 8.3% to 68.6 ± 8.4% (p = 0.06).ConclusionIn this study we have shown that blood transfusion: 1) improves the systemic circulation and oxygen-carrying capacity, 2) improves sublingual microcirculatory density but not perfusion velocity, and 3) improves microcirculatory oxygen saturation.© 2010 American Association of Blood Banks.

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