CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; RBC: red blood cell.
* Refer to UpToDate for a discussion of therapies directed at the underlying cause, which may include infection, connective tissue disorder, lymphoproliferative disorder, or primary cold agglutinin disease-associated lymphoproliferative disorder.
¶ In most cases, hypothermia can be avoided. Exceptions include selected cases such as ascending aortic procedures. For all other procedures with CPB, surgery can be performed under normothermic conditions and cardioplegia techniques can be modified to keep the induction dose at a temperature above the thermal amplitude of the cold agglutinin, or the coronary arteries can be flushed with warm crystalloid. Other modifications are discussed in UpToDate.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?