Abstract BACKGROUND: Although bloodless cardiac surgery has been successfully performed for many years, studies with controls permitting transfusion are few and their results inconclusive. This study compares the outcome of..
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Abstract Background To determine national benchmarks and assess variability across centers, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database was analyzed to document proportions of patients receiving intraoperative transfusion..
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Abstract Introduction: Tracheostomy has been utilized in combination with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) to enable early spontaneous breathing and minimize sedation requirements. Tracheostomy has been previously reported to be..
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Abstract Aims No data exists on inter-institutional differences in terms of adherence to international guidelines regarding the discontinuation of antithrombotics and rates of severe bleeding in coronary artery bypass grafting..
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Abstract Background Adult cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation is known to be associated with increased risk of blood transfusion leading to adverse outcomes. Procedures like retrograde autologous priming (RAP) may..
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Abstract Introduction Anemia and blood transfusion are risk factors for morbidity/mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The objective of this study is to analyze the association..
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