Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Stoney, William S.
• Alford, William C.
• Burrus, George R.
• Glassford, David M.
• Thomas, Clarence S.

Titel

Air Embolism and Other Accidents Using Pump Oxygenators

Ist Teil von

• The Annals of thoracic surgery, 1980-04, Vol.29 (4), p.336-340

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1980

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A survey of 349 cardiac surgeons showed that during a six-year period, a pump oxygenator accident serious enough to cause patient injury or death occurred once per 1,000 procedures. A total of 264 deaths occurred as a direct result of an accident. Air embolism and disseminated intravascular coagulation were the two most common problems. Low-level alarm systems were reported to be used by 42% of the respondents and activated clotting times were used by 63%. Rigorous use of alarm systems and heparin monitoring could reduce the incidence of pump-related accidents.