Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Clinical Practice Improvement Advisory for Management of Perioperative Bleeding and Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery Patients.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-1-2019
Abstract
Bleeding after cardiac surgery is a common and serious complication leading to transfusion of multiple blood products and resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Despite the publication of numerous guidelines and consensus statements for patient blood management in cardiac surgery, research has revealed that adherence to these guidelines is poor, and as a result, a significant variability in patient transfusion practices among practitioners still remains. In addition, although utilization of point-of-care (POC) coagulation monitors and the use of novel therapeutic strategies for perioperative hemostasis, such as the use of coagulation factor concentrates, have increased significantly over the last decade, they are still not widely available in every institution. Therefore, despite continuous efforts, blood transfusion in cardiac surgery has only modestly declined over the last decade, remaining at ≥50% in high-risk patients. Given these limitations, and in response to new regulatory and legislature requirements, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) has formed the Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery Working Group to organize, summarize, and disseminate the available best-practice knowledge in patient blood management in cardiac surgery. The current publication includes the summary statements and algorithms designed by the working group, after collection and review of the existing guidelines, consensus statements, and recommendations for patient blood management practices in cardiac surgery patients. The overall goal is creating a dynamic resource of easily accessible educational material that will help to increase and improve compliance with the existing evidence-based best practices of patient blood management by cardiac surgery care teams.
Volume
129
Issue
5
First Page
1209
Last Page
1221
ISSN
1526-7598
Published In/Presented At
Raphael, J., Mazer, C. D., Subramani, S., Schroeder, A., Abdalla, M., Ferreira, R., Roman, P. E., Patel, N., Welsby, I., Greilich, P. E., Harvey, R., Ranucci, M., Heller, L. B., Boer, C., Wilkey, A., Hill, S. E., Nuttall, G. A., Palvadi, R. R., Patel, P. A., Wilkey, B., … Lau, W. T. (2019). Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Clinical Practice Improvement Advisory for Management of Perioperative Bleeding and Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery Patients. Anesthesia and analgesia, 129(5), 1209–1221. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000004355
Disciplines
Anesthesiology | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
31613811
Department(s)
Department of Anesthesiology
Document Type
Article