Preoperative anemia management program reduces blood transfusion in elective cardiac surgical patients, improving outcomes and decreasing hospital length of stay.
Christine M CahillBassam AlhassonNeil BlumbergAmber MelvinPeter KnightMarjorie GloffRenee RobinsonFrank AkwaaMajed A RefaaiPublished in: Transfusion (2021)
When corrected for type of procedures and surgeon, our pilot anemia program in elective cardiovascular surgeries showed higher day-of-surgery Hb and significant reduction in RBC transfusion rates, ICU and hospital LOS, and overall complication rates.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- chronic kidney disease
- quality improvement
- iron deficiency
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- acute care
- intensive care unit
- adverse drug
- coronary artery bypass
- cardiac surgery
- left ventricular
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- clinical trial
- robot assisted
- heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention