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Case Reports
. 2019 Sep;51(3):169-171.

Homemade Salvage Setup for a Catastrophic Heater/Cooler Failure on Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Balram Babu Rajanbabu  1 , Kalaimani Dhandapani  2
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Homemade Salvage Setup for a Catastrophic Heater/Cooler Failure on Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Balram Babu Rajanbabu et al. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2019 Sep.

Abstract

Perfusion-related problems are still reported at incidence, varying from .72 to 2.86%, and add to the morbidity and mortality of cardiac surgery. Awareness of such problems and establishing protocols to avoid and manage them is a key factor in further improving patient outcomes. In this report, we describe a homemade setup which was used as a desperate salvage measure to rewarm a 1-year-old baby on cardiopulmonary bypass for intracardiac repair, who was inadvertently cooled to 24°C because of a malfunctioning heater/cooler machine.

Keywords: cardiopulmonary bypass; heater/cooler failure.

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Figure 1.
Setup for rewarming without a heater/cooler machine. A: Temperature probe in water, B: Outlet pipe of heat exchanger, C: Inlet pipe of heat exchanger, D: Heat exchanger.
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