RT Journal
A1 FLOYD ML
T1 INtraperitoneal transfusion of blood
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1929
FD May 1
VO 37
IS 5
SP 1007
OP 1007
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930050117012
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930050117012
AB Within recent years numerous articles have appeared concerning the value of intraperitoneal transfusion of blood. Certain reports indicate that red blood corpuscles find their way into the blood stream within a short time, often within a few minutes, when injected intraperitoneally. Others offer evidence that the fluid portion of the blood may be absorbed first and the corpuscles later. Most authors emphasize the comparatively good results of transfusion by this route and point out the ease, convenience and simplicity as compared with the direct method.I wish to call attention to the fact that blood absorption from the peritoneal cavity is sometimes an uncertain process, occasionally being too slow to be of any therapeutic value. McKhann1 already has noted the uncertainty of absorption and reported seven cases in which intraperitoneal transfusions had been used on infants. Necropsy was performed on five, and blood in varying amounts was found in