Which Argentine physician developed the first safe indirect blood transfusion using sodium citrate in November 1914?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Dr. Luis Agote, at the Rawson Hospital in Buenos Aires
- Step 1: Agote discovered that a 0.25% solution of sodium citrate prevented blood from clotting without toxicity. Step 2. He performed the historic successful transfusion on a postpartum hemorrhaging patient on 9 November 1914. Answer: Dr. Luis Agote, at the Rawson Hospital in Buenos Aires. Why not the others: He chose not to patent the technique, publishing it openly to aid wounded soldiers during World War I.
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