Mihai Ștefan, Anca Roxana Lupu, Ștefan Andrei, Liana Văleanu, Ovidiu Știru, Cornel Robu, Teodora Bute, Bianca Moroșanu, Anamaria Dumitrescu, Alice Stegaru, Șerban Bubenek, Daniela Filipescu
BACKGROUND: Anaemia and blood transfusion are two independent contributing factors to perioperative morbidity in cardiac surgery. While preoperative treatment of anaemia has been shown to improve outcomes, in real life, logistical difficulties remain substantial, even in high-income countries. The adequate trigger for transfusion in this population remains controversial, and there is a wide variability in transfusion rates among centres. OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of preoperative anaemia on perioperative transfusion in elective cardiac surgery,todescribe the perioperative trajectory of haemoglobin (Hb), to stratify outcomes based on preoperative presence of anaemia and to identify predictors of perioperative blood transfusion...
December 2021: Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care