Consensus Report on Patient Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery by Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (TSCVS), Turkish Society of Cardiology (TSC), and Society of Cardio-Vascular-Thoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (SCTAIC)
Serkan Ertugay1, Türkan Kudsioğlu2, Taner Şen3, Aylin Yıldırır4, Ahmet Hakan Vural4, Aslı Demir4, Ertekin Utku Ünal4, Hüseyin İlksen Toprak4, Nevzat Erdil4, Yeşim Aydınok, Şahin Bozok, Ersin Kadiroğulları4, Yüksel Atay4, Tülün Öztürk, Osman Nuri Tuncer4, Şahin Şenay4, Serdar Akansel4, Murat Acarel, 4, Uğur Kısa4, Suna Gören4, Tuğra Gençpınar4, Ozan Onur Balkanay4, Seden Kocabaş4, Barış Durukan4, Serdar Günaydın4, Atike Tekeli Kunt4, Muharrem Koçyiğit4, Levent Mavioğlu4, Ümit Karadeniz4, Cem Alhan4, Alper Kararmaz4, Nihan Yapıcı4, Elif Başağan Moğol4, İsmail Yürekli4, Büşra Yetkin Tezcan4, Evren Özçınar4, Mehmet Ali Astarcıoğlu4, Arda Özyüksel4, Filiz İzgi Coşkun4
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
2Anesthesiology and Reanimation, University of Health Sciences, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, İstanbul, Turkey
3Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Kütahya
4Patient Blood Management Study Group Members
Anemia, transfusion and bleeding independently increase the
risk of complications and mortality in cardiac surgery. The
main goals of patient blood management are to treat anemia,
prevent bleeding, and optimize the use of blood products
during the perioperative period. The benefit of this program has
been confirmed in many studies and its utilization is strongly
recommended by professional organizations. This consensus
report has been prepared by the authors who are the task
members appointed by the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular
Surgery, Turkish Society of Cardiology (TSC), and Society of
Cardio-Vascular-Thoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care to
raise the awareness of patient blood management. This report
aims to summarize recommendations for all perioperative bloodconserving
strategies in cardiac surgery.
Keywords : Cardiac surgery, patient blood management, transfusion, bleeding
