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Journal of critical care · Apr 2020
Observational StudyFactor XIII activity in patients requiring surgical re-exploration for bleeding after elective cardiac surgery - A prospective case control study.
- Elisabeth H Adam, Jens Meier, Bernd Klee, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm, Christian F Weber, and Andreas Pape.
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Electronic address: Elisabeth.adam@kgu.de.
- J Crit Care. 2020 Apr 1; 56: 18-25.
PurposeSurgical re-exploration due to postoperative bleeding is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to assess a potential association between the level of postoperative FXIII activity and need for re-exploration due to bleeding in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery.Materials And MethodsIn our prospective single center observational cohort study, we enrolled patients who underwent elective cardiothoracic surgery. Patients who required re-exploration (RE group) were matched to patients from the study population (non-RE group).ResultsThe study included 64 patients, out of a cohort of 678 patients, of whom 32 required surgical re-exploration due to bleeding within the first 24 h. Between patients of the RE and non-RE group, a significantly reduced FXIII activity was observed postoperatively (59.0 vs 71.1; p = .014). Multivariable analysis revealed reduced FXIII activity (p = .048) as a parameter independently associated with surgical re-exploration. Further, reduced FXIII activity (p = .037) and surgical re-exploration (p = .01) were significantly associated with increased 30 day mortality. In multivariable analysis re-exploration was independently associated with increased risk of 30 day mortality (p = .004, HR 9.68).ConclusionsReduced postoperative FXIII activity may be associated with the need for surgical re-exploration. Postoperative assessment of FXIII activity should therefore be considered in patients undergoing elective cardiothoracic surgery.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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