Background— Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery is a major health issue.
Lacking effective therapies, risk factor modification may offer a means of preventing this …

Background Preoperative anemia is an important risk factor for perioperative red blood cell
transfusions and has been shown to be independently associated with adverse outcomes …

BACKGROUND: Although the association between massive perioperative blood loss (MBL)
and adverse outcomes is well recognized, it is unclear whether MBL is an independent risk …

Background— Preoperative anemia is an important risk factor for perioperative red blood
cell transfusions, which are associated with postoperative morbidity and mortality. Whether …

BACKGROUND: Hyperglycemia is commonly present in the perioperative period in patients
undergoing cardiac surgery, even during administration of insulin. A direct relationship …

ContextA predictive index for renal replacement therapy (RRT; hemodialysis or continuous
venovenous hemodiafiltration) after cardiac surgery may improve clinical decision making …

BACKGROUND: Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass may result in excessive
fibrinolysis and platelet (PLT) dysfunction, resulting in impaired hemostasis and excessive blood …

BACKGROUND: The use of normal saline is associated with hyperchloremic metabolic
acidosis. In this study, we sought to determine the incidence of acute postoperative …

Objectives Perioperative bleeding is common among patients undergoing cardiac surgery;
however, the definition of perioperative bleeding is variable and lacks standardization. We …

Background Functional capacity is an important component of risk assessment for major
surgery. Doctors' clinical subjective assessment of patients' functional capacity has uncertain …