Consequences of Blood Loss in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Massimo Baudo^1*, Mohamed Rahouma^2*, Mahmoud Morsi³, Yongle Ruan⁴, Sherif Khairallah², Mohamed Kamel², Galal Ghaly², Ali Cheriat, N.⁵, Mohamed Hossny⁶, Omnia Mohamed⁷ & Abdelrahman Mohamed²

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
²Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt
³Department of Anesthesia, Kasr Alaini Medical School, Cairo University/Egypt
⁴Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
⁵Department of Medico-Surgical Emergency, Etablissement Public Hospitalier de Hassi Bahbah, Djelfa, Algeria
⁶Faculty of Medicine/Alexandria University/Egypt
⁷Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt

Dr. Massimo Baudo & Dr. Mohamed Rahouma, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy & Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt.

Keywords: Blood Loss; Adverse Events; Survival; Cardiothoracic Surgeries; Antifibrinolytics

Abstract

Efforts to minimize perioperative blood loss in surgery in order to improve short and long- term outcome should be made, as implications extend considerably beyond the perioperative period. Minimally invasive approaches are associated with less bleeding. However, it is all the more important that the personnel involved with the procedure should be familiar with the maneuvers required, so as to be able to prevent and respond in a swift manner when bleeding does occur.

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