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 …

Perioperative stroke is a potentially devastating complication in patients undergoing
noncardiac, nonneurological surgery. This scientific statement summarizes established risk …

Importance The optimal transfusion strategy in patients with acute myocardial infarction and
anemia is unclear. Objective To determine whether a restrictive transfusion strategy would …

Background The optimal haemoglobin threshold for use of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions
in anaemic patients remains an active field of research. Blood is a scarce resource, and in …

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

Background In patients receiving venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(ECMO) packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion thresholds are usually higher than in …

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Perioperative stroke is one of the most severe and feared complications of cardiac surgery.
Based on the timing of onset and detection, perioperative stroke can be classified as …

Transfusion Medicine is a dynamically evolving field. Recent high-quality research has
reshaped the paradigms guiding blood transfusion. As increasing evidence supports the …

Cardiothoracic surgery posits an arrangement of large, significant hemodynamic, and
physiologic alterations upon the human body, which predisposes a patient to develop …