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BACKGROUNDWe conducted a prospective single‐blind randomized study to assess whether a single 80,000 IU dose of human recombinant erythropoietin (HRE), given just 2 days before cardiac surgery, could be effective in reducing perioperative allogeneic red blood cell transfusion (aRBCt).
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODSSix‐hundred patients presenting with preoperative hemoglobin (Hb) level of not more than...
BACKGROUND: The amount of allogeneic blood transfusion may relate to worse outcome in cardiac surgery. The reinfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) lost by patients, including those of chest drains, is a promising strategy to minimize allogeneic transfusions.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To verify this hypotheis, 1047 cardiac surgery patients were randomly assigned to either traditional intraoperative blood...
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