TY - JOUR T1 - INtraperitoneal transfusion of blood AU - FLOYD ML Y1 - 1929/05/01 N1 - 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930050117012 JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children SP - 1007 EP - 1007 VL - 37 IS - 5 N2 - 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 SN - 0096-8994 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930050117012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930050117012 ER -