Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in A University Hospital

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: CABGs; PRBC Transfusion

Treatments: Other: Packed red blood cell transfusion

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02585310

SI1

Details and patient eligibility

About

In Siriraj Hospital, blood consumption in Cardiac surgery is high (units per patient) and frequent (number of patients receiving blood). The incidence of side effects are unknown, as is the exact amount of blood used/provided for patients with elective CABGs.

The primary objective of this study was to demonstrate the incidence of packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion in elective CABGs.

Full description

Three hundred patients undergoing isolated, first time CABGs during November 2011-September 2013 were prospective enrolled in this observational study. Patients' preoperative variables and postoperative outcomes, as well as perioperative transfusion characteristics were recorded.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing first-time isolated elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Exclusion criteria

• None