Utilisation of Blood Components in Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Centre Retrospective Analysis with Regard to Diagnosis-Related Procedures | Zendy

Raoul Georg Geissler | Zendy; Heinrich Rotering | Zendy; Hubert Buddendick | Zendy; D. Franz | Zendy; Holger Bunzemeier | Zendy; N. Roeder | Zendy; Robert Kwiecien | Zendy; Walter Sibrowski | Zendy; Hans H. Scheld | Zendy; Sven Martens | Zendy; Peter Schlenke | Zendy

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Utilisation of Blood Components in Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Centre Retrospective Analysis with Regard to Diagnosis-Related Procedures

Author(s) -

Raoul Georg Geissler,

Heinrich Rotering,

Hubert Buddendick,

D. Franz,

Holger Bunzemeier,

N. Roeder,

Robert Kwiecien,

Walter Sibrowski,

Hans H. Scheld,

Sven Martens,

Peter Schlenke

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

transfusion medicine and hemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1660-3818

pISSN - 1660-3796

DOI - 10.1159/000377691

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , retrospective cohort study , blood transfusion , cardiothoracic surgery , emergency medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine

More blood components are required in cardiac surgery than in most other medical disciplines. The overall blood demand may increase as a function of the total number of cardiothoracic and vascular surgical interventions and their level of complexity, and also when considering the demographic ageing. Awareness has grown with respect to adverse events, such as transfusion-related immunomodulation by allogeneic blood supply, which can contribute to morbidity and mortality. Therefore, programmes of patient blood management (PBM) have been implemented to avoid unnecessary blood transfusions and to standardise the indication of blood transfusions more strictly with aim to improve patients' overall outcomes.

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