Cardiac surgeries account for approximately 20% of blood use in the United States.
Allogeneic transfusion has been associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality …

Background Transfusion of allogenic blood products is associated with substantial morbidity
and increased risk of mortality. Thromboelastography (TEG) to direct transfusion …

Complex cardiac procedures often require blood transfusion because of surgical bleeding or
coagulopathy. Thrombelastography (TEG) was introduced in our institution to direct …

Methods A retrospective review was conducted of 698 patients who underwent CPB at a
tertiary-care, community-based, university-affiliated hospital from February 16, 2014 to …

Objective: Bleeding and allogeneic transfusion remain constant problems in cardiac surgical
procedures. In this study, we aimed to test the role of a routine thromboelastography (TEG) …

BACKGROUND: Allogenic blood transfusion may affect clinical outcomes negatively. Up to
20% of blood transfusions in the United States are associated with cardiac surgery and so …

Objectives Severe bleeding related to cardiac surgery is associated with increased morbidity
and mortality. Thromboelastography (TEG) and thromboelastometry (ROTEM) are point-of …

A retrospective study was performed to determine the impact of a coagulation and
transfusion management program on blood utilization in 1,079 sequential patients for …

The value of thrombelastography (TEG) and thromboelastometry (ROTEM) to improve
perioperative hemostasis is under debate. We aimed to assess the effects of TEG-or ROTEM …

Transfusion therapy after cardiac surgery is empirically guided, partly due to a lack of
specific point-of-care hemostasis monitors. In a randomized, blinded, prospective trial, we …