A red cell preservation strategy reduces postoperative transfusions in pediatric heart surgery patients.
Meena NathanBrielle TishlerKimberlee GauvreauGregory S MatteRobert J HoweLinda DurhamSharon BoyleDerek MathieuFrancis Fynn-ThompsonJames A DiNardoJuan C IblaPublished in: Paediatric anaesthesia (2018)
Standardized use of cell saver significantly decreased perioperative blood use in children undergoing cardiac surgery at our center. A risk-adjusted transfusion threshold for children undergoing heart surgery needs to be developed to further decrease exposure to blood products and associated costs.
Keyphrases
- cardiac surgery
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- single cell
- acute kidney injury
- young adults
- patients undergoing
- cell therapy
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- atrial fibrillation
- peritoneal dialysis
- stem cells
- surgical site infection
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- bone marrow
- sickle cell disease