Decreased Consumption of Blood Components During Cardiac Surgery Procedures: Causes and Effects.

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven7,835 enrolled

Overview

There is a decrease in the amount of blood components used during cardiac surgery in the last four years. As the hemovigilance team of the investigators' Hospital the investigators want to find out the causes and effects of this decrease.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

7,835

Conditions

Blood Safety Blood Transfusion

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patient underwent cardiac surgery between 2010 and 2014 in UZ Leuven Exclusion Criteria: * patient without cardiac surgery

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

amount of blood use during Cardiac surgery

Time frame: 5years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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