Abstract
Penetrating thoracic injuries frequently presents a challenge to the clinicians. The situation may become more deleterious owing to the unavailability of adequate blood of required group. We discuss the acute management of a patient with life threatening traumatic haemothorax following penetrating thoracic injury. In this patient, autologous transfusion of patient blood collected in chest drain was performed during intraoperative period using an indigenous technique with successful outcome. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v13i1.14146 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 13 No. 01 January2014: 76-79
Highlights
Management of penetrating chest injuries frequently presents a challenge to the clinicians.[1]
Autologous blood transfusion or autotransfusion is defined as the collection and reinfusion of the patient's own blood[3].In modern practice it has not gained widespread use due to the efficient availability of allogeneic blood component transfusion in most of the hospitals
There is a huge increase in demand of blood at trauma center blood banks which have renewed interest in autologous transfusion as a technique of acute resuscitation[2,45]
Summary
Management of penetrating chest injuries frequently presents a challenge to the clinicians.[1]. Shed blood collected in chest drain is not well defined in trauma emergencies[2].This blood can be harvested and re-infused following proper techniques in situations were grouped and cross matched blood is not available. We discuss the acute management of a patient with life threatening traumatic haemothorax following penetrating chest injury.
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