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<journal-id>0034-7531</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Pediatría]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Pediatr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7531</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-75312000000100008</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Antifibrinolíticos: Uso en cirugía cardiovascular pediátrica]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peña Bazain]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nelson]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pavón Canseco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aldo]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antolín]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Blas]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Páez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexis]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Docente William Soler.Cardiocentro  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2000</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2000</year>
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<volume>72</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>47</fpage>
<lpage>53</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75312000000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75312000000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75312000000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[La técnica de circulación extracorpórea (CEC) utilizada rutinariamente en la cirugía cardiovascular pediátrica se considera en la actualidad un procedimiento seguro; sin embargo, implica serias perturbaciones hemobiológicas con gran riesgo de sangramiento y necesidad de transfusiones sanguíneas. El uso profiláctico de drogas antifibrinolíticas (ácido épsilon aminocaproico, ácido tranexámico y aprotinina) en estos procederes parece ser útil para disminuir las pérdidas sanguíneas y los requerimientos transfusionales. Con el objetivo de contribuir a la búsqueda de argumentos para su empleo, se hizo una revisión de este tema en la cirugía cardiopediátrica. La mayoría de las investigaciones publicadas confirman la efectividad de los antifibrinolíticos administrados profilácticamente, pero muchos estudios serán necesarios aún para llegar a conclusiones definitorias.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Extracorporeal circulation technique (ECC), used routinely in pediatric cardiovascular surgery, in present time regarded as a safe procedure, however, involve serious hemobiological disturbances, with a high risk of bleedings and the need of blood transfusions. Prophylactic use of antifibrinolitic drugs (Y aminocaproic acid, traxenamic acid, and aprotinin) in theses procedures, seems to be useful to decrease blood losses and transfusion requirements. We made a review of this topic in cardio-pediatric surgery with the aim of search a reasoning of its use. Most of the published researches confirm effectiveness of antifibrinolitics given in a prophylactic way, but further studies will be neccesary to make definitive conclusions.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[CIRCULACION EXTRACORPOREA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[PROCEDIMIENTOS QUIRURGICOS CARDIOVASCULARES]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[AGENTES ANTIFIBRINOLITICOS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[PEDIATRIA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[EXTRACORPORAL CIRCULATION]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ANTIFIBRINOLITIC AGENTS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[PEDIATRICS]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <br> Hospital Pedi&aacute;trico Docente "William Soler". Cardiocentro  <h2>  Antifibrinol&iacute;ticos. Uso en cirug&iacute;a cardiovascular pedi&aacute;trica</h2>  <i><a href="#*">Dr. Nelson Pe&ntilde;a Bazain,<sup>1</sup>Dr. Aldo Pav&oacute;n  Canseco,<sup>1</sup>Dr. Antol&iacute;n Romero Su&aacute;rez,<sup>2</sup>  Dr. Blas Hern&aacute;ndez Su&aacute;rez<sup>1</sup> y Dr. Alexis Gonz&aacute;lez  P&aacute;ez<sup>3</sup></a></i>  <h4>  RESUMEN</h4>  La t&eacute;cnica de circulaci&oacute;n extracorp&oacute;rea (CEC) utilizada  rutinariamente en la cirug&iacute;a cardiovascular pedi&aacute;trica se  considera en la actualidad un procedimiento seguro; sin embargo, implica  serias perturbaciones hemobiol&oacute;gicas con gran riesgo de sangramiento  y necesidad de transfusiones sangu&iacute;neas. El uso profil&aacute;ctico  de drogas antifibrinol&iacute;ticas (&aacute;cido &eacute;psilon aminocaproico,  &aacute;cido tranex&aacute;mico y aprotinina) en estos procederes parece  ser &uacute;til para disminuir las p&eacute;rdidas sangu&iacute;neas y  los requerimientos transfusionales. Con el objetivo de contribuir a la  b&uacute;squeda de argumentos para su empleo, se hizo una revisi&oacute;n  de este tema en la cirug&iacute;a cardiopedi&aacute;trica. La mayor&iacute;a  de las investigaciones publicadas confirman la efectividad de los antifibrinol&iacute;ticos  administrados profil&aacute;cticamente, pero muchos estudios ser&aacute;n  necesarios a&uacute;n para llegar a conclusiones definitorias.      <p><i>Descriptores DeCS</i>: CIRCULACION EXTRACORPOREA; PROCEDIMIENTOS  QUIRURGICOS CARDIOVASCULARES; AGENTES ANTIFIBRINOLITICOS; PEDIATRIA.      <br>&nbsp;      <p>El excesivo sangramiento durante el trans y posoperatorio de la cirug&iacute;a  cardiovascular contin&uacute;a siendo motivo de preocupaci&oacute;n. El  uso rutinario de la t&eacute;cnica de circulaci&oacute;n extracorp&oacute;rea  (CEC) en la cirug&iacute;a card&iacute;aca se considera en la actualidad  como un procedimiento seguro, pero no es desconocido el gran n&uacute;mero  de perturbaciones hemobiol&oacute;gicas que se desencadenan. Diferentes  mecanismos son activados por el extenso contacto entre la sangre y las  superficies sint&eacute;ticas del circuito extracorp&oacute;reo, con inclusi&oacute;n  del sistema de coagulaci&oacute;n y el fibrinol&iacute;tico, sistema quinina  y el del complemento.<sup>1</sup>      <p>La toma de conciencia de los riesgos de la transfusi&oacute;n sangu&iacute;nea  hom&oacute;loga ha obligado a adoptar una estrategia transfusional, de  la cual no quedan al margen todos los profesionales que de una forma u  otra intervienen en la cirug&iacute;a cardiovascular. En especial las operaciones  cardiopedi&aacute;tricas se asocian con p&eacute;rdidas sangu&iacute;neas  importantes y la necesidad de transfusiones alog&eacute;nicas durante las  primeras 24 horas de la intervenci&oacute;n.<sup>2</sup> Factores espec&iacute;ficos  de los ni&ntilde;os desempe&ntilde;an un papel importante en el desarrollo  de severos trastornos hemost&aacute;ticos.      <p>Los neonatos muestran una importante diluci&oacute;n de los factores  de la coagulaci&oacute;n con bajos niveles de fibrin&oacute;geno;<sup>3</sup>  los ni&ntilde;os cardi&oacute;patas con peso menor de 10 kg tienen disminuci&oacute;n  de la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria y los que sufren cardiopat&iacute;as  cong&eacute;nitas cian&oacute;ticas presentan trombocitopenia inversamente  relacionada con la saturaci&oacute;n arterial de ox&iacute;geno<sup>5</sup>  y disminuci&oacute;n de los niveles del factor de von Willebrand.<sup>6</sup>      <p>Aproximadamente el 10 % de los pacientes receptores de sangre y hemo-derivados  manifiestan alguna reacci&oacute;n transfusional.<sup>7,8</sup>      <br>&nbsp;  <ul>      <li>  De tipo inmunol&oacute;gico: Hem&oacute;lisis (incompatibilidad entre gl&oacute;bulos  rojos, leucocitos, plaquetas o componentes plasm&aacute;ticos), aloinmunizaci&oacute;n,  inmunosupresi&oacute;n y da&ntilde;o pulmonar agudo (mediado por leucoaglutininas  y anticuerpos leucocitarios).</li>        <li>  De tipo no inmunol&oacute;gico: Infecciones (hepatitis, VIH, citomegalovirus,  contaminaci&oacute;n bacteriana y <i>shock</i> endot&oacute;xico), insuficiencia  card&iacute;aca congestiva (sobrecarga circulatoria), reacciones febriles,  embolismos, complicaciones metab&oacute;licas y dilucionales.</li>        ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<br>&nbsp;    </ul>  Muchas estrategias no farmacol&oacute;gicas se han explorado en un esfuerzo  por disminuir la morbilidad asociada con la transfusi&oacute;n de hemoderivados  durante las intervenciones quir&uacute;rgicas. Se aceptan actualmente la  donaci&oacute;n preoperatoria, la hemodiluci&oacute;n normovol&eacute;mica,  la recuperaci&oacute;n de sangre trans y posoperatoria y el empleo de t&eacute;cnicas  anest&eacute;sicas que disminuyen el riesgo de sangramiento transoperatorio.<sup>9-11</sup>  Algunas t&eacute;cnicas han demostrado ser exitosas, pero a su vez encuentran  objeciones en la cirug&iacute;a cardiovascular pedi&aacute;trica. La donaci&oacute;n  de sangre aut&oacute;gena est&aacute; relativamente contraindicada en pacientes  con menos de 30 kilogramos (kg) de peso<sup>10</sup> y la hemodiluci&oacute;n  normovol&eacute;mica aguda en pacientes con cardiopat&iacute;as.<sup>9-12</sup>  En ambas un escollo importante ser&aacute; el lograr la v&iacute;a venosa  para la flebotom&iacute;a. La plasmaf&eacute;resis no es un proceder inocuo  y al igual que la autotransfusi&oacute;n mec&aacute;nica requiere un alto  apoyo financiero.      <p>Recientemente ha recibido mucha atenci&oacute;n la administraci&oacute;n  profil&aacute;ctica de drogas antifibrinol&iacute;ticas para reducir el  sangramiento asociado con la CEC y la necesidad de transfusi&oacute;n sangu&iacute;nea.<sup>13</sup>  Este m&eacute;todo farmacol&oacute;gico tiene la ventaja de estar f&aacute;cilmente  disponible, evitar el uso de equipos costosos, tener una administraci&oacute;n  sencilla y realizar la administraci&oacute;n profil&aacute;ctica antes  que terap&eacute;utica.<sup>14</sup>  <h4>  Agentes antifibrinol&iacute;ticos</h4>  Los agentes antifibrinol&iacute;ticos sint&eacute;ticos, &aacute;cido &eacute;psilon  aminocaproico (AEAC) y &aacute;cido tranex&aacute;mico (AT) y la aprotinina  (AP), un antifibrinol&iacute;tico natural, han ido ganando popularidad  en la medida que se ha comprobado su eficacia en la reducci&oacute;n del  sangramiento excesivo y la consecuente disminuci&oacute;n del uso de productos  sangu&iacute;neos hom&oacute;logos en la cirug&iacute;a card&iacute;aca.<sup>15-17</sup>      <p>Los antecedentes de intervenciones farmacol&oacute;gicas para restaurar  la coagulaci&oacute;n normal, pueden remontarse a publicaciones aisladas  en la literatura de cirug&iacute;a card&iacute;aca durante los a&ntilde;os  60 y 70. Los estudios de <i>Royston</i><sup>18</sup> y <i>Oeveren</i><sup>19</sup>  en 1987 relacionados con la eficacia de la AP, aceleraron el inter&eacute;s  por esta droga y los otros antifibrinol&iacute;ticos. El AEAC fue reportado  por Mar&iacute;n en el a&ntilde;o 1984 usado como modalidad terap&eacute;utica  para corregir el excesivo sangramiento al terminar la CEC; el uso del AT  fue difundido por <i>Horrow</i><sup>21</sup> en 1990. Actualmente se reconoce  que  cada uno de estos agentes pueden desempe&ntilde;ar un papel importante  en la prevenci&oacute;n del sangramiento y la transfusi&oacute;n sangu&iacute;nea  en cirug&iacute;a card&iacute;aca.<sup>22</sup>  <h4>  &Aacute;cido &eacute;psilon aminocaproico y &aacute;cido tranex&aacute;mico</h4>  Estos agentes antifibrinol&iacute;ticos son mol&eacute;culas peque&ntilde;as,  con pesos de 131 y 157 <i>daltons</i> respectivamente. La comparaci&oacute;n  entre ellos ha aportado resultados semejantes, la diferencia m&aacute;s  significativa es que el AT es 10 veces m&aacute;s potente que el AEAC,  pero ambos tienen similares propiedades farmacol&oacute;gicas. Su mecanismo  de acci&oacute;n es bloquear la fibrin&oacute;lisis al impedir la uni&oacute;n  del plasmin&oacute;geno con la fibrina, pues forman un complejo reversible  con el plasmin&oacute;geno o la plasmina y saturan el sitio de uni&oacute;n  de la lisina.<sup>20,23</sup> Estas drogas bloquean la disoluci&oacute;n  del co&aacute;gulo prematuramente, por lo que ser&aacute;n inefectivas  cuando la coagulaci&oacute;n ha ocurrido.      <p>La vida media plasm&aacute;tica de ambas drogas es aproximadamente de  80 a 120 minutos y se excretan r&aacute;pidamente en orina en su forma  activa.<sup>22</sup>      <p>Algunos estudios<sup>21,24-27 </sup>han demostrado la eficacia del AEAC  y el AT administrados profil&aacute;cticamente antes de realizarse la incisi&oacute;n  de piel, esto parece estar relacionado con la preservaci&oacute;n de la  funci&oacute;n plaquetaria por reducci&oacute;n del efecto de la plasmina  sobre los receptores plaquetarios Gp Ib.<sup>23</sup>      <p>El AEAC tambi&eacute;n tiene efecto antiplasm&aacute;tico directo, lo  cual inhibe la liberaci&oacute;n de plasmina, adem&aacute;s bloquea el  aumento de los niveles de betaglucoronidasa, enzima liberada por los lisosomas  durante la CEC como resultado del da&ntilde;o celular que se produce.<sup>28</sup>      <p>Estudios realizados en pacientes pedi&aacute;tricos cardi&oacute;patas  intervenidos quir&uacute;rgicamente y tratados con los antibrinol&iacute;ticos  sint&eacute;ticos, reportan la disminuci&oacute;n efectiva del sangramiento  posoperatorio en ni&ntilde;os con cardiopat&iacute;as cian&oacute;ticas,  pero no result&oacute; efectivo en enfermedades card&iacute;acas acian&oacute;ticas.<sup>29,30</sup>      <p><i>Guay</i><sup>2</sup> plantea que se requieren estudios m&aacute;s  amplios para llegar a conclusiones definitivas respecto al uso de estos  agentes en operaciones cardiopedi&aacute;tricas.      <p>Con relaci&oacute;n al potencial de riesgo de los antifibrinol&iacute;ticos  sint&eacute;ticos para inducir complicaciones tromb&oacute;ticas, han existido  algunas inquietudes. Basado en los fen&oacute;menos adversos reportados  en la literatura m&eacute;dica los riesgos son menores que con la AP y  se piensa que se deba a los limitados sitios de acci&oacute;n del AEAC  y el AT y a su menor grado de actividad protromb&oacute;tica; sin embargo,  los estudios realizados en adultos y ni&ntilde;os mayores no pueden ser  aplicados a los neonatos, porque su sistema fibrinol&iacute;tico es significativamente  diferente: los niveles de plasmin&oacute;geno son menores y presentan una  elevaci&oacute;n del activador h&iacute;stico del plasmin&oacute;geno en  relaci&oacute;n con el inhibidor del activador h&iacute;stico del plasmin&oacute;geno,  lo cual conduce a un estado hiperfibrinol&iacute;tico.<sup>31</sup>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>El esquema de dosificaci&oacute;n para el AEAC incluye una dosis de  carga de 50 a 250 mg/kg de peso seguido por una dosis de mantenimiento  de 10 a 15 mg/kg/h y aproximadamente la d&eacute;cima parte de este esquema  cuando se utiliza el AT.<sup>22</sup>  <h4>  Aprotinina</h4>  La AP es un polip&eacute;ptido natural, aislado del tejido pulmonar bovino  con peso molecular de 6 512 <i>daltons</i>, compuesto por 58 amino&aacute;cidos.  Tiene actividad efectiva contra la tripsina, la plasmina, el complejo plasma  estreptoquinasa, la calicre&iacute;na h&iacute;stica y la plasm&aacute;tica.  La inhibici&oacute;n enzim&aacute;tica es dependiente de la concentraci&oacute;n  de AP y por ejemplo, la inhibici&oacute;n efectiva de la plasmina requiere  de 125 unidades inhibitorias de calicre&iacute;na (UIC)/mL, mientras la  inhibici&oacute;n de la calicre&iacute;na plasm&aacute;tica necesita una  concentraci&oacute;n de 250 a 500 UIC/mL de AP.      <p>Parece ser que los diferentes efectos de la AP est&aacute;n estrechamente  relacionados.<sup>13,22,32</sup> La inhibici&oacute;n de la plasmina manifiesta  su acci&oacute;n antifibrinol&iacute;tica y tambi&eacute;n la preservaci&oacute;n  de las funciones plaquetarias por bloqueo de la hidr&oacute;lisis de los  receptores glicoproteicos, para contribuir de este modo a su actividad  hemost&aacute;tica. Esta inhibici&oacute;n es la que apoya principalmente  una potencial actividad protromb&oacute;tica. La actividad anticalicre&iacute;nica  plasm&aacute;tica y la inhibici&oacute;n de la activaci&oacute;n del factor  XII contribuyen a bloquear la fase de contacto de la hemostasis, a disminuir  la generaci&oacute;n de trombina y as&iacute; ejercer una actividad antiagregante  y protectora plaquetaria.      <p>La implicaci&oacute;n del factor XII en la fibrin&oacute;lisis hace  pensar que su bloqueo reducir&iacute;a el potencial fibrinol&igrave;tico.  La inhibici&oacute;n de la calicre&iacute;na reduce la respuesta del organismo  a la agresi&oacute;n quir&uacute;rgica al reducir la cascada del complemento,  inhibir la formaci&oacute;n de quinina y disminuir la estimulaci&oacute;n  y activaci&oacute;n de los neutr&oacute;filos polimorfonucleares con la  consecuente inhibici&oacute;n de la respuesta inflamatoria sist&eacute;mica.  Finalmente la inhibici&oacute;n de la prote&iacute;na C activada favorecer&iacute;a,  m&aacute;s bien el car&aacute;cter protromb&oacute;tico de la AP.      <p>Esta droga tiene una vida media de eliminaci&oacute;n caracterizada  por 2 fases, una inicial de 0,7 horas (distribuci&oacute;n al espacio extracelular),  y una final de 7 horas (acumulaci&oacute;n en cart&iacute;lagos y ri&ntilde;ones).  Los efectos renales atribuidos a la droga parecen corresponder a la gran  avidez de los t&uacute;bulos renales proximales por ella.<sup>22</sup>      <p>Por otra parte se ha comprobado la capacidad de la AP para prolongar  el tiempo de coagulaci&oacute;n activado (TCA) y la mala interpretaci&oacute;n  de sus resultados al tener en cuenta que es el m&eacute;todo m&aacute;s  generalizado de monitoreo de la coagulaci&oacute;n durante la CEC. Inicialmente  se pens&oacute; que este efecto se deb&iacute;a a propiedades anticoagulantes  de la AP; sin embargo se ha demostrado que el fen&oacute;meno es un artefacto  resultante de la interaci&oacute;n de la AP con la celite usada como activador  de la prueba de TCA (Hemochron), por ello se recomienda monitorear con  caol&iacute;n en presencia de AP.<sup>33,34</sup>      <p>En cirug&iacute;a cardiovascular pedi&aacute;trica la AP ayuda a prevenir  los trastornos hemost&aacute;ticos y la respuesta inflamatoria asociada  con la CEC, que en estos pacientes es m&aacute;s pronunciada, pues los  niveles de tromboxano durante la derivaci&oacute;n cardiopulmonar est&aacute;n  inversamente relacionados con la edad.<sup>35 </sup>No obstante, resulta  imposible presentar una l&iacute;nea definitiva y concluyente relacionada  con la disminuci&oacute;n del sangramiento y la reposici&oacute;n de 4  hemoderivados, debido a los resultados contradictorios reportados en la  literatura m&eacute;dica. Algunos autores<sup>16,36-38 </sup>confirman  y aprueban su utilizaci&oacute;n, otros<sup>39,40</sup> no han hallado  resultados alentadores y<i> Carrel</i><sup>41</sup> demostr&oacute; que  el efecto beneficioso de altas dosis de AP solamente era evidente en operaciones  de malformaciones card&iacute;acas de gran complejidad y sugiri&oacute;  que su uso no deb&iacute;a extenderse a intervenciones de rutina.      <p>Dependiendo de la dosis administrada, diferentes mecanismos predominan  y determinan los efectos de esta droga,<sup>13</sup> lo que ha originado  m&uacute;ltiples estudios en busca de dosis adecuadas con menor repercusi&oacute;n  econ&oacute;mica y menos efectos adversos, porque si bien, es a la que  m&aacute;s beneficios se le ha adjudicado en relaci&oacute;n con su efecto  hemost&aacute;tico, es tambi&eacute;n la que m&aacute;s se ha relacionado  con reacciones anafil&aacute;cticas,<sup>42</sup> procesos tromboemb&oacute;licos<sup>43</sup>  y disfunci&oacute;n renal posoperatoria.<sup>44</sup>      <p>La AP se ha administrado con diferentes esquemas de tratamiento:<sup>45,46</sup>      <br>&nbsp;  <ul>      <li>  Altas dosis: 30 000 UIC/kg durante 30 minutos tras la inducci&oacute;n  de la anestesia, seguido de una infusi&oacute;n continua de 10 000 UIC/kg/min  hasta el final de la operaci&oacute;n y 30 000 UIC/kg en el cebado de la  m&aacute;quina de CEC.</li>        ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<li>  Bajas dosis: La mitad de las dosis descritas anteriormente.</li>        <li>  Dosis &uacute;nica en el cebado de la m&aacute;quina de CEC: 30 000 UIC/kg.</li>        <li>  Dosis &uacute;nica en el posoperatorio: 30 000 UIC/kg al concluir el acto  quir&uacute;rgico.</li>      </ul>    <h4>  CONCLUSIONES</h4>  La mayor&iacute;a de los estudios publicados confirman la eficacia de los  anti-fibrinol&iacute;ticos administrados profil&aacute;cticamente en cirug&iacute;a  cardiovascular, pero muchos estudios comparativos ser&aacute;n necesarios  para determinar tambi&eacute;n la eficiencia de &eacute;stos al valorar  la relaci&oacute;n costo-riesgo-beneficio. En este sentido no s&oacute;lo  se puede tener en cuenta el costo de las drogas, ya que otros muchos factores  avalar&iacute;an o no el beneficio de este tratamiento. No se puede desestimar  la repercusi&oacute;n que tendr&iacute;an sobre la estad&iacute;a en el  sal&oacute;n de operaciones, en la unidad de cuidados intensivos y la intrahospitalaria  en general, la necesidad de reintervenciones, los efectos secundarios y  sus consecuencias y la repercusi&oacute;n de salud, social y econ&oacute;mica  de la transfusi&oacute;n sangu&iacute;nea, que en pediatr&iacute;a tiene  sus particularidades, especialmente por los peque&ntilde;os vol&uacute;menes  que se transfunden, lo que por razones de bioseguridad hace que el resto  de la unidad que no se utilice se descarte.      <p>Independientemente de lo controvertido del tema con respecto al uso  de los antifibrinol&iacute;ticos en la cirug&iacute;a cardiovascular pedi&aacute;trica,  como t&eacute;cnica farmacol&oacute;gica para disminuir la transfusi&oacute;n  hom&oacute;loga, &eacute;sta no puede ser desestimada, aunque tampoco puede  sustituir a la cirug&iacute;a meticulosa y a los cuidados anest&eacute;sicos.  <h4>  SUMMARY</h4>  Extracorporeal circulation technique (ECC), used routinely in pediatric  cardiovascular surgery, in present time regarded as a safe procedure, however,  involve serious hemobiological disturbances, with a high risk of bleedings  and the need of blood transfusions. Prophylactic use of antifibrinolitic  drugs (Y aminocaproic acid, traxenamic acid, and aprotinin) in theses procedures,  seems to be useful to decrease blood losses and transfusion requirements.  We made a review of this topic in cardio-pediatric surgery with the aim  of search a reasoning of its use. Most of the published researches confirm  effectiveness of antifibrinolitics given in a prophylactic way, but further  studies will be neccesary to make definitive conclusions.      <br>&nbsp;      <p><i>Subject headings</i>: EXTRACORPORAL CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL  PROCEDURES; ANTIFIBRINOLITIC AGENTS; PEDIATRICS.  <h4>      <br>  REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGR&Aacute;FICAS</h4>    <ol>      <li>  Grossmann R, Babin Ebell J, Misoph M, Schwender S, Newkam K, Hickethier  TH, et al. Changes in coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters caused by  extracorporeal circulation. Heart Vessels 1996;11:310-7.</li>        <li>  Guay J, Rivard G. Mediastinal bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass in  pediatric patients. Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:1955-60.</li>        ]]></body>
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