Why the study?
Platelet dysfunction commonly causes bleeding, perioperative blood transfusion, and surgical re-exploration in cardiac surgery patients.
Does incorporating a Multiplate-based platelet transfusion algorithm reduce the rate of platelet transfusion in patients undergoing CABG surgery?
Population
Patients undergoing CABG surgery, including 257 with insufficient time to withhold antiplatelet agents
Comparison
Postalgorithm vs prealgorithm incorporation of a Multiplate analyzer into transfusion protocol
Design
Retrospective cohort study
Authors
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May support Multiplate algorithms to curb platelet use in urgent CABG; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Does incorporating a Multiplate-based platelet transfusion algorithm reduce the rate of platelet transfusion in patients undergoing CABG surgery?
Implementing a point-of-care platelet function analyzer into transfusion algorithms significantly reduces platelet transfusion requirements in patients undergoing urgent CABG surgery.
Wang et al. (2020) studied this question.
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