a process in which a patient receives some of his or her own blood in a transfusion rather than a donor's blood
autotransfusion in American English
(ˌɔtoutrænsˈfjuːʒən)
noun
infusion of a patient's own blood, either collected and returned to the body during surgery or transfused from a stored supply
Word origin
[1960–65; auto-1 + transfusion]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buyback, deinstitutionalize, go-go, tag question, zip codeauto- is a combining form meaning “self,” “same,” “spontaneous,” used in the formationof compound words. Other words that use the affix auto- include: autochrome, automaton, automotive, autonomous, autorotation
Examples of 'autotransfusion' in a sentence
autotransfusion
After obtaining consent for diluted autotransfusion and preoperative administration of erythropoietin, the surgery was scheduled.
Takuya Narita, Itsuto Hamano, Ayumu Kusaka, Hiromi Murasawa, Noriko Tokui, Kengo Imanishi,Teppei Okamoto, Hayato Yamamoto, Atsushi Imai, Shingo Hatakeyama, Takahiro Yoneyama,Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takuya Koie, Chikara Ohyama, Kenichi Hakamada 2014, 'Surgery without Blood Transfusion for Giant Paraganglioma in a Jehovah's Witness Patient',Case Reports in Oncologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/360813. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Intraoperative blood cell saving and autotransfusion were applied in 27 patients.
Davidović Lazar B., Sinđelić Radomir B., Savić Nebojša B., Kostić Dušan M., CvetkovićSlobodan D., Kuzmanović Ilija B., Marković Dragan M., Marković Miroslav M., ČinaraIlijas S., Maksimović Živan L., Đorić Predrag V., Jadranin Dragica B. 2008, 'Surgical treatment of abdominal tumors closely related to major blood vessels', Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvohttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2008/0370-81790806241D.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An autotransfusion program was instrumented so as to cover possible demands.
Carlos Cotorruelo, Claudia Biondi, Silvia García Borrás, Liliana Racca, Daniel Brunetti,René Di Mónaco, Amelia Racca 2006, 'Aloinmunización a un antígeno del sistema Rh de alta frecuencia Alloimmunization toa high frequency Rh antigen', Medicina (Buenos Aires)http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0025-76802006000100010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both patients underwent surgery without extracorporeal circulation, with full heparinization and autotransfusion.
Rodrigo Milani, Paulo Brofman, Tayse Sandri, Alexandre Varela, José Augusto Souza,Luiz Gustavo Emed, Stefan da Silveira, Marcelo Dantas, Maximiliano Guimarães, RafaelPontarolli, Francisco Maia 2005, 'Tratamento cirúrgico sem circulação extracorpórea de arteriopatia relacionada comarterite de Takayasu envolvendo aorta e vasos da base Surgical treatment without extracorporealcirculation of artery disease related to Takayasu's arteritis involving the aortaand great vessels', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2005001500009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The use of plasmapheresis with autotransfusion of ozone modified erythrocyte suspension appears to be the most effective.
V V Baityakov 2011, 'Efficacy of ozonetherapy in the complex treatment of psoriasis', RUDN Journal of Medicinehttp://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/2401. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Aim: to study the efficacy of autotransfusion of ozone modified erythrocyte suspension in the complex therapy of extensive psoriasis.
V V Baityakov 2011, 'Efficacy of ozonetherapy in the complex treatment of psoriasis', RUDN Journal of Medicinehttp://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/2401. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this study, autotransfusion effects compared with crystalloid fluid in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock was investigated.
Mansour Safaei, Hassan Mousavi Takami 2011, 'Blood autotransfusion outcomes compared with Ringer lactate infusion in dogs withhemorrhagic shock induced by controlled bleeding', Journal of Research in Medical Scienceshttp://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2011;volume=16;issue=10;spage=1332;epage=1339;aulast=Safaei. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)