Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that platelet loss following blood contact with foreign materials is partly related to the presence of microbubbles of gas (gas nuclei) trapped in surface defects on the membrane material. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator perfusions were conducted in two groups of sheep, with use of standard priming techniques for the oxygenator in one group and a new vacuum priming technique in the other group. The vacuum priming technique was developed to eliminate gas nuclei from the oxygenator surface. With denucleation priming, platelet loss during perfusion was markedly reduced, as was thrombus formation on the membrane surface. The platelet particle-size distribution curve showed a shift consistent with platelet aggregation with the standard priming technique but not with the vacuum priming technique. We conclude that the elimination of trapped gas nuclei from the membrane surface during priming reduces the initial interaction between blood elements and the foreign surface.
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