Rationalising the treatment of anaemia in cardiac surgery: short and mid-term results from a local quality improvement initiative
| Autor: | John H. Higgins, E. L. Maislen, Jean A Clark, Donald S. Likosky, Peter A Beaulieu, Gordon R. DeFoe, James P. AuBuchon, Stephen D. Surgenor, Lawrence J. Dacey, Cathy S. Ross, Gerald T. O'Connor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Quality Assurance Health Care Mid term results Perioperative Care law.invention Blood loss law Cardiopulmonary bypass medicine Humans Blood Transfusion Aged Cross Infection business.industry Health Policy Transfusion Reaction Anemia Perioperative Thoracic Surgical Procedures Surgery Cardiac surgery Single centre Anesthesia Female business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Quality & Safety. 19:392-398 |
| ISSN: | 2044-5423 2044-5415 |
| Popis: | Background Transfusion of red blood cells, while often used for treating blood loss or haemodilution, is also associated with higher infection rates and mortality. The authors implemented an initiative to reduce variation in the number of perioperative transfusions associated with cardiac surgery. Methods The authors examined patients undergoing non-emergent cardiac surgery at a single centre from the third quarter 2004 to the second quarter 2007. Phase I focused on understanding the current process of managing and treating perioperative anaemia. Phase II focused on (1) quality-improvement project dissemination to staff, (2) developing and implementing new protocols, and (3) assessing the effect of subsequent interventions. Data reports were updated monthly and posted in the clinical units. Phase III determined whether reductions in transfusion rates persisted. Results Indications for transfusions were investigated during Phase II. More than half (59%) of intraoperative transfusions were for low haematocrit (Hct), and 31% for predicted low Hct during cardiopulmonary bypass. 43% of postoperative transfusions were for low Hct, with an additional 16% for failure to diurese. The last Hct value prior to transfusion was noted (Hct 25–23, p=0.14), suggestive of a higher tolerance for a lower Hct by staff surgeons. Intraoperative transfusions diminished across phases: 33% in Phase I, 25.8% in Phase II and 23.4% in Phase III (p |
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