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 …

Document Reviewers: Moritz WV Wyler von Ballmoos (USA), Mate Petricevic (Croatia), Arie
Pieter Kappetein (Netherlands), Miguel Sousa-Uva (Portugal), Georg Trummer (Germany) …

Background Perioperative blood loss is an essential parameter in research into Patient
Blood Management. However, currently there is no “gold standard” method to quantify it …

Objectives To investigate the independent association of platelet transfusion with hospital
mortality and key relevant clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery. Design A single-center …

The value of more elaborate HRV measures as shown in Figure 1 in predicting intra-
operative hypotension has mainly been studied in caesarean section where Chamchad et …

Abstract Background Arterial haematocrit (Hct) has been shown to decrease after
anaesthesia induction, most probably because of an increased plasma volume (PV). The …

Cancer invasion and metastasis, involving a variety of pathological processes and
cytophysiological changes, contribute to the high mortality of lung cancer. The type 1 insulin …

Background Changes in blood haemoglobin concentration indicate plasma volume
expansion following hydroxyethyl starch (HES) infusion, but may be affected by vascular …

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the change in packed cell volume (PCV)
and total protein following intramuscular preanesthetic sedation with one of three drug …

Purpose The reduced effects of allogeneic transfusion with acute normovolemic
hemodilution (ANH) have been reported. Harvesting a large volume of blood may maximize …