Early Postoperative Outcomes and Blood Product Utilization in Adult Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Stacia M. DeSantis,
John M. Toole,
John M. Kratz,
Walter E. Uber,
Margaret J. Wheat,
Martha R. Stroud,
John S. Ikonomidis,
Francis G. Spinale
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.002543
Subject(s) - medicine , aprotinin , cryoprecipitate , blood product , relative risk , fresh frozen plasma , confidence interval , cardiac surgery , surgery , propensity score matching , anesthesia , platelet
Aprotinin was a commonly used pharmacological agent for homeostasis in cardiac surgery but was discontinued, resulting in the extensive use of lysine analogues. This study tested the hypothesis that early postoperative adverse events and blood product utilization would affected in this post-aprotinin era.
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