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 …

The number of elderly patients who frequently access health care services is increasing
worldwide. While anesthesiologists are developing the expertise to care for these elderly …

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

Objective To provide recommendations for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery
(ERACS) based on a multimodal perioperative medicine approach in adult cardiac surgery …

Postoperative complications of patients undergoing cardiac s... : Current Opinion in Critical
Care Postoperative complications of patients undergoing cardiac surgery : Current Opinion in …

Background Guidelines for patient blood management recommend restrictive transfusion
practice for most adult patients. These guidelines are supported by evidence from …

Cardiogenic shock is the clinical expression of circulatory failure, as a consequence of left,
right or biventricular dysfunction. Cardiogenic shock is also defined as a state of critical end …

Critical illness is usually accompanied by abnormalities in microcirculation and tissue
hypoxia. Direct monitoring of sublingual microcirculation using hand-held microscopy may …

The prevalence of anemia is high in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. There is enough
evidence that the presence of anemia increases perioperative mortality and morbidity both …

Purpose Restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategies remain controversial in patients
undergoing cardiac surgery. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the prognostic …