کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3025206 | 1182776 | 2010 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Despite increasing evidence suggesting harmful effects of blood transfusions, physician practices are slow to change. A systematic approach is required to successfully minimize the need for red cell transfusions in the perioperative cardiac surgical patient. This involves preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative strategies to minimize blood loss and maximize blood conservation. In addition it requires physician education regarding the potential deleterious effects of blood and the more recent evidence that restrictive transfusion strategies are safe and possibly beneficial to postoperative surgical outcomes. In this article, we review the data with respect to blood transfusions in cardiac surgery patients as well as management strategies to minimize the need for blood transfusions in the perioperative period.
Journal: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Volume 22, Issue 2, Summer 2010, Pages 121–126