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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 1, 20-22, Copyright © 1987 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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A prospective comparison of bubble and membrane oxygenators in short and long perfusions

R Dhumale, S Lake and J Pepper
Cardiothoracic Unit, St. George's Hospital, London, UK.

In operations with perfusion times longer than 90 min, a hollow-fibre membrane oxygenator causes less damage to red cells and platelets than a standard bubble oxygenator. There is also a trend towards less post- operative pulmonary shunting when a membrane oxygenator is employed.

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