Jake V Hinton, Zhongyue Xing, Calvin Fletcher, Luke A Perry, Alexandra Karamesinis, Jenny Shi, Jahan C Penny-Dimri, Dhruvesh Ramson, Tim G Coulson, Reny Segal, Julian A Smith, Jenni Williams-Spence, Laurence Weinberg, Rinaldo Bellomo
BACKGROUND: Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion is used to manage coagulopathy and bleeding in cardiac surgery patients despite uncertainty about its safety and effectiveness. METHODS: We performed a propensity score matched analysis of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Surgery Database including patients from 39 centres from 2005 to 2018. We investigated the association of perioperative FFP transfusion with mortality and other clinical outcomes...
March 11, 2024: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica