2022
Controversies in enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery
Shaw A, Guinn N, Brown J, Arora R, Lobdell K, Grant M, Gan T, Engelman D. Controversies in enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery. Perioperative Medicine 2022, 11: 19. PMID: 35477446, PMCID: PMC9047268, DOI: 10.1186/s13741-022-00250-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac surgeryEnhanced recoveryStandardized perioperative careAcute kidney injuryGoal-directed therapyPatient blood managementEvidence-based best practicesSignificant evidence gapsAnalgesic reductionKidney injuryOverall morbidityPerioperative carePatient-centric carePreventable morbidityMyocardial protectionBlood managementOperative techniqueEvidence gapsPerioperative medicineSurgeryOperating roomQuality InitiativeMorbidityMortalitySignificant controversy
2013
Clinical predictors of postoperative hemoglobin drift
Grant M, Whitman G, Savage W, Ness P, Frank S. Clinical predictors of postoperative hemoglobin drift. Transfusion 2013, 54: 1460-1468. PMID: 24236570, DOI: 10.1111/trf.12491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical proceduresClinical predictorsBlood requirementsClinical variablesPerioperative patient blood managementPositive perioperative fluid balanceIntraoperative intravenous fluidsPerioperative fluid balanceIntraoperative blood lossType of surgeryPatient blood managementCommon surgical procedureMultiple clinical variablesSpinal fusion proceduresPostoperative transfusionRed blood cellsBlood lossIndependent predictorsSurgical patientsIntravenous fluidsBlood managementSpinal fusionFluid balanceHemoglobin measurementHb concentration