A patient’s own blood, autologous blood, is recognized as the safest transfusion option for patients who need blood transfusions. A transfusion, after […]
In patients undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB, colloid-based priming solution (dextran 40) induced less renal tubular injury compared to a crystalloid-based priming solution. Whether a colloid-based priming solution will improve renal outcome in high-risk cardiac surgery, or not, needs to be evaluated in future studies on higher risk cardiac surgery patients.
We undertook a retrospective study comparing outcomes from the early years in our experience of beating-heart surgery in high-risk patients selected for OPCAB compared to low-risk patients having OPCAB.
