The primary objective of this study is to analyze mortality after cardiac surgery in blood-transfusion non-acceptors (BTNA), and the secondary one to perform an adjusted comparison with a blood-transfusion acceptors (BTA) matched cohort.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,911
Patients who do not accept blood products transfusions
Patients who accept blood products transfusions
Fundació de Gestió Sanitària de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain
RECRUITINGChange on Hemoglobin values from preoperative to end-of-surgery levels
Changes on Hemoglobin values in percentage from preoperative level to the end of the surgery level
Time frame: End-of-surgery
Rate of operative mortality
Any death occurring i) within the first 30 postoperative days in or out of the hospital, and ii) after 30 days during the same hospitalization subsequent to the operation.
Time frame: At discharge or within the first 30 postoperative days
Intraoperative fluid balance
Resting the fluid outputs to inputs
Time frame: End of surgery
Hemoglobin at discharge
Hemoglobin level at discharge
Time frame: At discharge, an average of 10 days
Rate of postoperative morbidity
Postoperative complications: hemodynamic, respiratory, renal, neurological, infective complications
Time frame: At discharge, an average of 10 days
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