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The aim of this study was to determine a method to decrease the use of homologous blood during open heart surgery using a simple blood conservation protocol.
In summary, since the advent of the ClinicalTrials.gov platform, the importance of trial registration has been recognized gradually but consistently throughout the globe. However, challenges remain, including the reluctance to participate on the part of pharmaceutical companies and a mindset among the individual researchers that registration is onerous and may result in the report of insignificant primary outcomes.
Prophylactic corticosteroids are often administered during cardiac surgery to attenuate the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass and surgical trauma; however, evidence that routine corticosteroid use can prevent major adverse events is lacking.