The Comparison of Transfusion Practice and Prognosis according to Transfusion Guidelines of Packed Red Blood Cells in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery / 대한마취과학회지

10.0 g/dl in group B (minimum Hb 10.4 g/dl). The rate of bloodless OPCAB increased from 2% to 57%. There was a similar number of blood restorations and wastage, incidence of wound infections, bleeding, arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, sudden death, length of the ICU stay and postoperative admissions in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: With the new transfusion guideline, number of P-RBC preparations and transfusions was decreased significantly without an increase in the incidence of complications.