Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery

I. Preoperative Considerations in Cardiac Surgery.- 1. Current Practice of Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery.- 2. Preoperative Evaluation of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Patient for Bleeding Risk.- 3. Preoperative Autologous and Directed Blood Donation.- 4. Erythropoietin in Cardiac Surgery.- 5. Aids Risk in Cardiac Surgery.- 6. Cardiac Surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses.- 7. Blood Conservation in Cardiopulmonary Transplantation.- 8. Blood Conservation in Infants and Children Undergoing Surgery for Acquired and Congenital Heart Disease.- II. Intraoperative Decision Making in Cardiac Surgery.- 9. Hemostatis and the Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Hemostatis.- 10. Monitoring of Coagulation: Management of Heparin and Protamine.- 11.Intraoperative Autologous Blood Donation Practices.- 12. The Influence of Oxygenator Type and Priming Volume on Blood Requirements.- 13. Intraoperative Blood Salvage.- 14. Operative Techniques in Blood Conservation.- 15. Pharmacologic Approaches to Coagulation (Aprontinin, Epsilon Amino Caproic Acid, DDAVP, Tranexamic Acid Therapy).- 16. Indications for Red Cell Transfusion.- 17. Fibrin Glue and Topical Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery.- 18. Routine Use of Heparin-Bonded Circuits with Minimal Anticoagulation for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- III. Postoperative Bleeding and Management.- 19. Blood Salvage After Cardiac Surgery.- 20. Assessment and Control of Postoperative Bleeding.- 21. Blood Conservation: A Critical Care Nursing Perspective.- 22. Reoperative Strategies for the Bleeding Cardiovascular Patient.- 23. Blood Transfusion Reaction, Diagnosis, and Treatment.- 24. Blood Substitutes.- 25. Anemia During the Late Postoperative Period Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery.- 26. Economics of Transfusion Medicine and Blood ConservationPractices.- IV. Algorithm for Bloodless Surgery at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.- 27. Development and Application of a Multimodality Blood Conservation Program.

In Blood Transfusion and Conservation in Cardiac Surgery , Drs. Krieger and Isom have brought together many of the top cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists and hematologists to produce the most current reference source on all aspects of blood conservation and transfusion, from the use of erythropoietin to the benefits of post-operative blood salvage.