Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India

Publications

• Case Report   
  Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Case Report
  Author(s): Emayah Tenzing, Noel Pio Samy, Satyen Parida* and P. Ram Sankar
  
  Purpose: Cold agglutinins are autoantibodies that agglutinate Red Blood Cells (RBC) at low temperatures, creating hemagglutination and hemolysis. The normal coldagglutinin titer is below 1:32. Any titer more than 1:64 is considered positive with associated clinical significance. They are basically of no clinical gravity, though when people with cold agglutinins encounterheart surgery with hypothermia and cold cardioplegia, they can come up againstproblems. Thus, unique perioperative direction is needed for such patients. Clinical Features: We set out a 52 years old woman with cold agglutinindisease (CAD) diagnosed and managed in a cardiac surgery during hypothermia on Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB). She had never suffered from any problems nor didshe have anyhematologicalmalady that emerged during routine preoperative evaluation. Since clots a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.22.13.1093

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