• Syed H Mufarrih, Feroze Mahmood, Nada Q Qureshi, Rayaan A Yunus, Robina Matyal, Adnan A Khan, David C Liu, Louis Chu, Venkatachalam Senthilnathan, Michelle Doherty, Aidan Sharkey, and Kamal R Khabbaz.
• Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
• J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 2023 Mar 1; 37 (3): 382391382-391.

ObjectivePacked red blood cell transfusion during coronary artery bypass graft surgery is known to be associated with adverse outcomes. However, the association of the timing between transfusions in relation to discharge and 30-day postoperative outcomes has not been studied. The study authors investigated the impact of transfusion timing on 30-day surgical outcomes.DesignA retrospective review.SettingAt a single tertiary-care academic hospital.ParticipantsA total of 2,481 adult patients underwent primary coronary artery bypass graft surgery between January 2014 and December 2020.Measurements And Main ResultsThe relationship between the timing of packed red blood cell transfusion (intraoperative, postoperative, or both) and 30-day postoperative outcome variables was calculated as an odds ratio. The influence of timing of transfusion on adjusted probability of postoperative complications was plotted against the lowest intraoperative hematocrit. The median age of the population was 67 years (60.0-74.0), body mass index was 28.5 (25.6-32.3) kg/m2, and 497 (20.0%) were female. A total of 1,588 (36%) patients received packed red blood cell transfusions; 182 (7.3%) received intraoperative transfusions, 489 (19.7%) received postoperative transfusions, and 222 (9.0%) received both (intraoperative and postoperative transfusions). Postoperative transfusion was associated with significantly higher odds of readmission (1.83 [1.32-2.54], p = 0.002) and heart failure (1.64 [1.2-2.23], p = 0.008) compared to patients with no transfusions; whereas intraoperative transfusions were not.ConclusionThe authors' data suggested that the postoperative timing of transfusion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery may be associated with an increased incidence of 30-day heart failure and readmission. Prospective research is needed to conclusively confirm these findings.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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