Owing to the constantly evolving nature of the medical literature, the Society of Thoracic
Surgeons (STS) clinical practice guidelines periodically undergoes evaluation and updating …

BACKGROUND: Practice guidelines reflect published literature. Because of the ever
changing literature base, it is necessary to update and revise guideline recommendations …

The 2007 Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Soci ety of Cardiovascular
Anesthesiologists Clinical Practice Guide line for Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Blood …

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) …

Bleeding after cardiac surgery is a common and serious complication leading to transfusion
of multiple blood products and resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Despite the …

BACKGROUND: A minority of patients having cardiac procedures (15% to 20%) consume
more than 80% of the blood products transfused at operation. Blood must be viewed as a …

BLOOD management has been defined as “the appro-priate use of blood and blood
components, with a goal of minimizing their use.”‡ This goal has been motivated historically …

Importance Blood transfusion is one of the most frequently used therapies worldwide and is
associated with benefits, risks, and costs. Objective To develop a set of evidence-based …

BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence shows that perioperative blood transfusion in cardiac
surgery is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality and decreased …