Objectives: Cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve, and aortic
procedures, is among the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States …

This review concluded that topical application of antifibrinolytics can reduce postoperative
bleeding and transfusion requirements in patients who undergo on-pump cardiac surgery …

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that patients with normal hemoglobin (Hgb) levels on
hospital admission who subsequently develop hospital‐acquired anemia (HAA) may be at …

BACKGROUND: Although blood utilization has been under considerable scrutiny for the
past two decades, particularly for surgery, studies comparing perioperative blood transfusion …

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are among the most common recipients of allogeneic
red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. However, whether restrictive RBC transfusion strategies …

Background This meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the evidence for the efficacy
and safety of intrapericardial tranexamic acid (TXA) in cardiac surgery. Methods We …

Measurement of blood volume (BV) may guide fluid and red blood cell management in
critically ill patients when capillary leak from shock and fluid resuscitation makes …

Objective Assess the effectiveness of priming the extracorporeal circulation system with
albumin–mannitol combined with ultrafiltration during extracorporeal circulation to reduce …

Background and Objectives Cardiac surgery is currently considered one of the heaviest
users of red blood cells. An explanation may be found, in part, in considering the effect of the …

Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) is one of the most common interventions carried out
upon the cardiac surgery population in the postoperative period. Of late, this practice has …