2019
Discharge Hemoglobin Level and 30-Day Readmission Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Cho B, DeMario V, Grant M, Hensley N, Brown C, Hebbar S, Mandal K, Whitman G, Frank S. Discharge Hemoglobin Level and 30-Day Readmission Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2019, 128: 342-348. PMID: 30059402, PMCID: PMC6533067, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000003671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDischarge Hb levelsDischarge hemoglobin levelsReadmission ratesHb levelsPatient characteristicsHemoglobin levelsMultivariable analysisBlood utilizationCoronary artery bypass surgeryCertain patient comorbiditiesRestrictive transfusion strategyCharlson Comorbidity IndexCoronary artery bypassArtery bypass surgeryLarge randomized trialsRisk-adjusted oddsSimilar patient characteristicsLow Hb levelsCABG patientsDischarge HbPreoperative comorbiditiesArtery bypassComorbidity indexBypass surgeryPatient comorbidities
2009
A Randomized Clinical Trial Investigating the Relationship Between Aprotinin and Hypercoagulabilityin Off-Pump Coronary Surgery
Desai P, Kurian D, Thirumavalavan N, Desai S, Ziu P, Grant M, White C, Landis R, Poston R. A Randomized Clinical Trial Investigating the Relationship Between Aprotinin and Hypercoagulabilityin Off-Pump Coronary Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2009, 109: 1387-1394. PMID: 19843776, PMCID: PMC2789288, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b81068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAprotininBlood CoagulationBlood Coagulation TestsBlood PlateletsCoronary Artery Bypass, Off-PumpDouble-Blind MethodErythrocyte TransfusionFibrinolytic AgentsGraft Occlusion, VascularHumansPeptide FragmentsPlatelet AdhesivenessPlatelet AggregationPlatelet Function TestsPostoperative HemorrhageProspective StudiesProthrombinReceptor, PAR-1ThrombinThrombosisTreatment OutcomeWound HealingConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsProtease-activated receptor 1Adverse cardiovascular eventsSaphenous vein graftsCardiovascular eventsOPCAB surgeryAprotinin groupCoronary sinusHypercoagulable stateVein graftsThrombin generationAntifibrinolytic propertiesPump coronary artery bypass surgeryOff-pump coronary surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgeryRed blood cell transfusionAprotinin-treated patientsFull-dose regimenArtery bypass surgeryBlood cell transfusionCoronary sinus bloodPAR-1 antagonistsPlatelet-leukocyte conjugatesPAR-1 activationPlatelet-derived microparticles