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A clinical evaluation of platelet function, haemolysis and oxygen transfer during cardiopulmonary bypass comparing the Quantum HF-6700 to the HF-5700 hollow fibre membrane oxygenator

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, andrew.chukwuemeka{at}kcl.ac.uk

M RJ Turtle

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

U H Trivedi

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

G E Venn

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

D J Chambers

Department of Cardiac Surgical Research, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

The continued improvement of oxygenators is an important aspect of patient safety during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The purpose of this study was to compare the Bard William Harvey HF-5700 oxygenator to the upgraded Bard Quantum HF-6700, which has recently been introduced into clinical practice. No clinical evaluation of this device has been published to date. The two oxygenators differ principally in that the Quantum has a smaller priming volume, achieved at the expense of a smaller membrane surface area which could result in sub-optimal gas exchange characteristics, increased haemolysis and increased platelet dysfunction during CPB.

Twenty adult patients undergoing elective, first time coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were randomly assigned either to the HF-5700 (n=10) or to the HF-6700 (n=10) group. One patient underwent mitral valve repair in addition to CABG and was excluded from further study. There were no statistically significant differences in either preoperative or operative parameters between the two groups. Samples were obtained at the start of CPB, at 30 min, 60 min, at the end of CPB and at 1 h following termination of CPB.

No significant differences between the two groups were found in oxygen transfer, haemolysis (plasma haptoglobin levels) or platelet function (a novel platelet activating factor (PAF)-induced platelet activation test) at any of the time points during CPB.

It was concluded that the Quantum HF-6700 matches the HF-5700 for the parameters studied, whilst having the advantage of requiring a smaller priming volume.

Perfusion, Vol. 15, No. 6, 479-484 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/026765910001500602


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