Remote ischemic conditioning reduces postoperative bleeding in adult cardiac surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CONCLUSIONS: RIC might reduce postoperative blood loss in adult cardiac surgical patients and reduced intraoperative RBC transfusion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. However, RIC did not influence intraoperative bleeding, the volume of re-exploration for bleeding or blood transfusion postoperatively.PMID:38411397 | DOI:10.23736/S0021-9509.24.12827-3

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - February 27, 2024 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Lin-Lin Chen Yun-Tai Yao for EICA Group Source Type: research