2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery

C Boer, MI Meesters, M Milojevic… - … of Cardiothoracic and …, 2018 - jcvaonline.com
Cardiac surgery is associated with perioperative blood loss and a high risk of allogeneic
blood transfusion. Patient blood management (PBM) in cardiac surgery contributes to the …

Restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategy for red blood cell transfusion: systematic review of randomised trials with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

LB Holst, MW Petersen, N Haase, A Perner… - bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To compare the benefit and harm of restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategies
to guide red blood cell transfusions. Design Systematic review with meta-analyses and trial …

[PDF][PDF] 2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery

D Pagano, M Milojevic, MI Meesters… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Document Reviewers: Moritz WV Wyler von Ballmoos (USA), Mate Petricevic (Croatia), Arie
Pieter Kappetein (Netherlands), Miguel Sousa-Uva (Portugal), Georg Trummer (Germany) …

Transfusion and risk of acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery

K Karkouti - British journal of anaesthesia, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious and common complication of major surgery. This
narrative review focuses on the relationship between perioperative red blood cell …

[PDF][PDF] British committee for standards in haematology guidelines on the identification and management of pre‐operative anaemia

A Kotzé, A Harris, C Baker, T Iqbal, N Lavies… - British Journal of …, 2015 - awgp.pt
1Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, 2NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham,
3University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, 4University Hospital …

Interrelationship of preoperative anemia, intraoperative anemia, and red blood cell transfusion as potentially modifiable risk factors for acute kidney injury in cardiac …

K Karkouti, HP Grocott, R Hall… - Canadian Journal …, 2015 - search.proquest.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a potentially serious complication of cardiac surgery. Anemia
and red blood cell (RBC) transfusion have individually been identified as potentially …

Indications for red blood cell transfusion in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NN Patel, VS Avlonitis, HE Jones, BC Reeves… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Good blood management is an important determinant of outcome in cardiac
surgery. Guidelines recommend restrictive red blood cell transfusion. Our objective was to …

[HTML][HTML] The least of 3 evils: exposure to red blood cell transfusion, anemia, or both?

G Loor, J Rajeswaran, L Li, JF Sabik III… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Anemia and red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are both associated with
morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. Patients with the lowest hematocrit (HCT) …

The pathophysiology and consequences of red blood cell storage

D Orlov, K Karkouti - Anaesthesia, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Red cell transfusion therapy is a common treatment modality in contemporary medical
practice. Although blood collection and administration is safer and more efficient than ever …

Preoperative anemia increases mortality and postoperative morbidity after cardiac surgery

A Miceli, F Romeo, M Glauber, PM de Siena… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2014 - Springer
Background Anemia is an established adverse risk factor in cardiovascular disease.
However, the effect of preoperative anemia is not well defined in heart surgery. This study …