In this issue of Transfusion, Lim and colleagues report a retrospective cohort analysis of the
association between preoperative coagulation studies and perioperative bleeding risk. 1 …

Background Cardiac surgery poses a significant risk of perioperative bleeding and
allogeneic blood transfusions, particularly in patients with bleeding disorders. Increasingly …

Restrictive transfusion strategies and antifibrinolytic therapy as part of patient blood
management contributed to the recent transfusion practice changes.[5] Therefore …

Background Anesthesiologists are involved in most blood transfusions during the
perioperative period, trauma resuscitation, critical care, and obstetric hemorrhage …

This is an annual review to cover highlights in transfusion and coagulation in patients
undergoing cardiovascular surgery. The goal of this article is to provide readers with a …