Open AccessRetrograde Autologous Priming in Cardiac Surgery: Results From a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Nadia B. Hensley,
Richard Gyi,
Andrés Zorrilla-Vaca,
Chun Woo Choi,
Jennifer S. Lawton,
Charles H. Brown,
Steve Frank,
Michael C. Grant,
Brian Cho
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000005151
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , perioperative , observational study , cardiopulmonary bypass , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , cardiac surgery , acute kidney injury , anesthesia , adverse effect , surgery , optics , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics
Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) before cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may minimize allogeneic red cell transfusion. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to examine the impact of RAP on perioperative allogeneic red cell transfusions in cardiac surgical patients.