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Excessive bleeding and transfusion in a prior cardiac surgery is associated with excessive bleeding and transfusion in the next surgery.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Apr 2006
Nuttall Gregory A, Henderson Nicole, Quinn Michael, Blair Clay, Summers Layne, Williams Brent A, Oliver William C, Santrach Paula J
Abstract excerpt
If there is a genetic predisposition to excessive bleeding, there should be an association in excessive blood loss between multiple cardiac surgeries. We retrospectively determined in 174 patients the association of excessive bleeding between 2 cardiac surgeries with cardiopulmonary bypass between January 19, 1990 and June 25, 2002. Excessive bleeding was defined by 2 criteria: (a) postoperating room chest tube...
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