Hemostatic consequences of a non‐fresh or reconstituted whole blood small volume cardiopulmonary bypass prime in neonates and infants

Abstract

Non-fresh or reconstituted whole blood as a component of a small volume CPB prime in neonates and infants induces clinically significant dilutional thrombocytopenia in conjunction with less significant reductions in fibrinogen, FII, FV, FVII, FVIII, FIX, FX, plasminogen, and AT-III.