• BMC anesthesiology · May 2019

    Observational Study

    Intra-operative red blood cell transfusion and mortality after cardiac surgery.

    • Eline A Vlot, Lisa Verwijmeren, van de Garde Ewoudt M W EMW Department of Clinical Pharmacy, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands., Kloppenburg Geoffrey T L GTL Department of Cardiac Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands., van Dongen Eric P A EPA Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3430 EM, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands., and Peter G Noordzij.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3430 EM, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. e.vlot@antoniusziekenhuis.nl.
    • BMC Anesthesiol. 2019 May 4; 19 (1): 65.

    BackgroundAnemia in cardiac surgery patients has been associated with poor outcomes. Transfusion of red blood cells during surgery is common practice for perioperative anemia, but may come with risks. Little is known about the association between intra-operative transfusion and mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.MethodsSingle centre historical cohort study in 2933 adult patients undergoing coronary surgery with or without aortic valve replacement from June 2011 until September 2014. To estimate the odds ratio for mortality in patients receiving intra-operative transfusion, a propensity score based logistic regression analysis was performed.ResultsIntra-operative transfusion was associated with a more than three-fold increased risk of 30-day mortality. Patients in the highest quartile of probability of transfusion were older (age 75 vs 66; P <  0.001), had a higher EuroSCORE (6 vs 3; P <  0.001), had lower preoperative hemoglobin levels (7.6 vs 8.9 mmol/l; P < 0.001), had combined surgery more often (CABG + AVR in 33.4% of cases vs 6.6% (P < 0.001) and a longer duration of surgery (224 vs 188 min; P < 0.001). The association between intra-operative transfusion and mortality persisted after adjustment for these risk factors (adjusted OR 2.6; P = 0.007).ConclusionsIntra-operative transfusion of red blood cells was found to be associated with increased mortality in adults undergoing coronary surgery. Preoperative patient optimization may improve perioperative outcomes by reducing the likelihood of requiring transfusion and thus its associated risk.

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