Association of Primary Hemodilution and Retrograde Autologous Priming with Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery: Analysis of the Perfusion Case Database of the Japanese Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology in Medicine.

It is important to avoid unnecessary blood cell transfusion. However, the associations of hemodilution and retrograde autologous priming with red blood cell transfusion during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in cardiac surgery in Japan are currently unclear. We analyzed these associations using data for 3,090 adults from the Perfusion Case Database of the Japanese Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology in Medicine.

An Evaluation Trial of The National Perfusion Registry.

The International Consortium for Evidence-Based Perfusion (ICEBP) is a collaborative group whose mission is to improve, continuously, the delivery of care and outcomes for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. To achieve this end, the ICEBP supports the development of perfusion registries to evaluate clinical practices and has established evidence-based guidelines for perfusion. The Japanese Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology in Medicine (JaSECT) developed a perfusion registry to examine variation in perfusion practice in Japan.

Accumulation of bisphenol A in hemodialysis patients.

Bisphenol A [BPA, 2,2-bis(4-hydoxyphenyl)propane], an industrial chemical used in the production of polycarbonate, epoxide resin, and polyarylate, is considered to be an endocrine-disrupting chemical. BPA may be present in some hollow-fiber dialyzers used in hemodialysis. In this study, we tested the amounts of BPA eluted from various hollow fibers.

Evaluation of endocrine disrupting activity of plasticizers in polyvinyl chloride tubes by estrogen receptor alpha binding assay.

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing is an indispensable medical material for extracorporeal circulation therapy. However, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), a suspected endocrine disruptor, can be eluted from PVC, suggesting that an alternative material that does not contain DEHP is needed for clinical applications. First, we evaluated the endocrine disrupting risks of the plasticizers contained in PVC tubes by investigating their binding affinities for the human estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha).