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We have previously reported our findings of very high plasma histamine levels in the extracorporeal blood primes of infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for correction of congenital cardiac defects and have now extended this enquiry to examine the whole peri-operative period. In this preliminary study, samples of blood for plasma histamine were drawn from a mixed group of congenital cardiac patients featuring varying degrees of cyanosis, differing hypothermic operative conditions and utilising two oxygenator systems. Despite the diversity of this group a common pattern of histamine release emerged with a clear origin at the commencement of bypass, and continuing during the operative period. Our results suggest that priming procedures using stored donor blood provide a major contributing source of histamine release with inevitable deleterious consequences to the post-operative outcome.
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