Open AccessIs menstruation a valid reason to postpone cardiac surgery?
Author(s) -
Deepak Das,
Suruchi Hasija,
Sandeep Chauhan,
Velayoudam Devagourou,
Aparna Sharma,
Maroof Ahmad Khan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_83_21
Subject(s) - medicine , menstruation , perioperative , blood loss , group b , prospective cohort study , gynecology , surgery , obstetrics
Cancellation of any scheduled surgery is a significant drain on health resources and potentially stressful for patients. It is frequent in menstruating women who are scheduled to undergo open heart surgery (OHS), based on the widespread belief that it increases surgical and menstrual blood loss.