Background Pediatric cardiac surgery is associated with abnormal coagulation, bleeding,
and nearly ubiquitous transfusions. With the popularization of patient blood management …

This review highlights published literature in 2023 that is related to the anesthetic
management of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Though not inclusive of all …

Objective This study aims to compare the efficacy and safety of activated recombinant factor
VII (rFVIIa) and prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) in the treatment of bleeding …

Last year allowed for a large shift in the focus of many areas of health care as the COVID-19
pandemic came to an end. 1 Artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionized outcome prediction in …

Neonates and children undergoing complex cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
(CPB) often develop profound coagulopathy and experience major perioperative blood loss …

METHODS We included data from the PHIS database from patients aged 0 to 18 years who
underwent cardiac surgery between 2018 and 2021. International Classification of …

To the Editor We recently read with great interest Gao et al's 1 work on the development of a
predictive nomogram for predicting heparin resistance (HR) in pediatric cardiac surgical …

We read with great interest the work by Navaratnam et al1 on the single-center analysis of
“off-label” use of activated 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (aPCC) in pediatric …

Young children requiring bypass often develop coagulopathy resulting in major
postoperative blood loss. Increased post-bypass bleeding and donor exposures are …

Background: Heart diseases are typically treated with cardiac surgery, which often requires
preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative blood transfusion. However, blood …