Patient Blood Management (PBM) Page 1 Abteilung für Anästhesiologie und
Intensivmedizin, AKH Linz Patient Blood Management H. Gombotz Page 2 Patient Blood …

Background: All intraoperative strategies that may assist an anesthesiologist with lowering
the blood transfusion rate must be considered. We assessed the efficacy of the 30° head …

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 …

Surgical site infections (SSIs) continue to cause significant patient harm despite many
advances in infection prevention. The negative effects of SSIs on morbidity, mortality, and …

Purpose To construct and validate a data collection instrument (DCI), and a corresponding
instructional guide, for assessment of the nursing diagnosis, risk for infection, in patients …

Background Numerous studies have documented variation in transfusion practice for
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, despite the widespread availability of clinical …

Materials and Methods A prospective study was carried out during October 2015 to March
2016 in Shahid Modares Hospital. Blood utilization trends in different types of cardiac …

Association Between Nadir Hematocrit and Severe Acute Kidney Injury After Off-Pump Coronary
Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study Based on the MIMIC-IV Database …

Introduction: Donor blood supplies are diminishing, becoming more costly and these
transfusions lead to higher mortality in cardiac patients. The transfusion risks and the …

Objective Randomized controlled trials demonstrated that red blood cell (RBC) transfusion
elevates the risk of infection, and trials are underway to evaluate whether RBC storage …