Some biochemical indices of posttransfusion shock induced under protection by selective hypothermia of the brain.

Biochemical disorders accompanying posttransfusion shock in cats under protection by selective cerebral hypothermia, by our own method was studied in cats. In 11 of 22 cats, selective cerebral hypothermia was performed before transfusion of human group A blood. In 11 control cats, transfusions were made without prior selective cerebral hypothermia. The following parameters were determined in venous blood: pH, pCO2, HCO3, content and excess of buffer bases. Selective cerebral hypothermia diminished mortality in cats in posttransfusion shock and reduced the intensity of the biochemical changes accompanying shock.