Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Severe Acute Blood Loss Anemia in Jehovah's Witnesses Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Single Academic Center Experience
Authors' conclusion
Severe ABLA after cardiac surgery was associated with higher mortality and a trend toward increased hospital length of stay among JW patients.
Study context
- Population
- Adult Jehovah's Witness patients undergoing cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), single tertiary academic center (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Participants
- 48 patients
- Exposure
- Severe acute blood loss anemia (ABLA) vs no severe ABLA after cardiac surgery
- Severe ABLAn = 9
- No severe ABLAn = 39reference
- Outcome
- Postoperative mortality
- Follow-up
- 30 days, 90 days and 1 year
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Severe ABLA associated with increased postoperative mortality at 30 days, 90 days and 1 year
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Trend toward increased hospital LOS with severe ABLA
Original publication
Severe Acute Blood Loss Anemia in Jehovah's Witnesses Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Single Academic Center Experience. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 4 November 2022. doi:10.
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