Linda Shore-Lesserson, MD
Chicago—Blood transfusion rates remain high, despite higher transfusion volumes being linked to infection in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
In research presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), investigators examined blood transfusion rates and other risk factors to assess the correlation between infectious and other adverse outcomes in cardiac surgery.
In the study, the Society of Thoracic Surgery database