Why the study?
Anemia, transfusion, and bleeding increase complications and mortality in cardiac surgery, prompting a consensus report to raise awareness and summarize recommendations for perioperative blood-conserving strategies.
This consensus report provides professional society recommendations for patient blood management in cardiac surgery to reduce complications and mortality associated with anemia, bleeding, and transfusions.
Prompts adoption of blood management protocols in cardiac surgery; extends trial evidence into formal guidelines.
Anemia, transfusion and bleeding independently increase the risk of complications and mortality in cardiac surgery. The main goals of patient blood management are to treat anemia, prevent bleeding, and optimize the use of blood products during the perioperative period. The benefit of this program has been confirmed in many studies and its utilization is strongly recommended by professional organizations. This consensus report has been prepared by the authors who are the task members appointed by the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkish Society of Cardiology (TSC), and Society of Cardio-Vascular-Thoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care to raise the awareness of patient blood management. This report aims to summarize recommendations for all perioperative blood- conserving strategies in cardiac surgery.
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Serkan Ertugay (2019) conducted a review in Cardiac surgery. Patient blood management strategies was evaluated. Patient blood management strategies, including preoperative anemia treatment, optimized antithrombotic management, and intraoperative blood conservation, are recommended to reduce bleeding and transfusion risks in cardiac surgery.
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