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Patient blood management during cardiac surgery: do we have enough evidence for clinical practice?

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A large body of evidence indicates that transfusion of blood products per se may be associated with increased morbid-ity and mortality after cardiac operations.
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This article is published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 72 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Blood transfusion & Blood management.

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2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery.

TL;DR: Authors/Task Force Members: Christa Boer (EACTA Chairperson) and Michael I. Meesters (Netherlands), Milan Milojevic (N Netherlands), Umberto Benedetto (UK), Daniel Bolliger (Switzerland), Christian von Heymann (Germany), Anders Jeppsson (Sweden), Andreas Koster (Germany).
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Major Bleeding, Transfusions, and Anemia: The Deadly Triad of Cardiac Surgery

TL;DR: Major bleeding is per se a risk factor for operative mortality, however, its deleterious effects are strongly enhanced by RBC transfusions and, to a lesser extent, preoperative anemia.
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Routine use of viscoelastic blood tests for diagnosis and treatment of coagulopathic bleeding in cardiac surgery: updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Routine use of viscoelastic point-of-care tests did not improve important clinical outcomes beyond transfusion in adults undergoing cardiac surgery and the quality of the evidence was low or very low for all estimated outcomes.
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Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

TL;DR: In patients with acute coronary syndromes with scheduled percutaneous coronary intervention, prasugrel therapy was associated with significantly reduced rates of ischemic events, including stent thrombosis, but with an increased risk of major bleeding, including fatal bleeding.
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Effects of clopidogrel in addition to aspirin in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation.

TL;DR: The antiplatelet agent clopidogrel has beneficial effects in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation, however, the risk of major bleeding is increased among patients treated with clopIDogrel.
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A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

TL;DR: A restrictive strategy of red-cell transfusion is at least as effective as and possibly superior to a liberal transfusion strategy in critically ill patients, with the possible exception of patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina.
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A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit

TL;DR: In patients in the ICU, use of either 4 percent albumin or normal saline for fluid resuscitation results in similar outcomes at 28 days, with no significant differences between the groups.
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