Transfusion medicine
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Transfusion medicine · Feb 2015
Clinical TrialWarfarin therapy and perioperative transfusion requirement with bleeding amount in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a retrospective study.
The study was designed to evaluate the effect of warfarin on perioperative transfusion, bleeding and coagulation status in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). ⋯ In patients on warfarin therapy undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB, warfarin therapy did not significantly increase perioperative transfusion requirement and bleeding.