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A clinical prediction tool to estimate the number of units of red blood cells needed in primary elective coronary artery bypass surgery.

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Welsby, I; Crow, J; Bandarenko, N; Lappas, G; Phillips-Bute, B; Stafford-Smith, M
Published in: Transfusion
November 2010

BACKGROUND: Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is common during cardiac surgical procedures. Empiric crossmatching, without attempting to estimate individual transfusion requirements is typical. We hypothesized that a clinical prediction tool could be developed to estimate the number of units of RBCs needed for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: With institutional review board approval, detailed demographic, risk factor, and transfusion data of primary elective CABG procedures (n=5887) from September 1, 1993, to June 20, 2002, were studied and the data set was divided into development and validation subgroups. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression was used to develop and validate transfusion risk factors, assign them a relative weight, and create a model to stratify patients into groups depending on predicted need for 0, 2, 4, or more than 4 RBC units. The model was compared with current standard practice of crossmatching 4 RBC units in terms of observed blood product usage over the study period. RESULTS: Demographic and transfusion risk factor variables in the development (n=3876) and validation (n=2011) data sets were similar. The predictive value of the model was good for the development and validation groups, with a c-index of 0.79 and 0.78, respectively. Applying the predictive model reduced the number of crossmatches by 30% without underproviding RBC units and increased the percentage of patients crossmatched exactly for the required number of units from 11% to 21%. CONCLUSIONS: Predictive factors for RBC transfusion were identified and used to construct a clinical tool to conserve blood bank resources without increasing patient risk.

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Published In

Transfusion

DOI

EISSN

1537-2995

Publication Date

November 2010

Volume

50

Issue

11

Start / End Page

2337 / 2343

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Models, Statistical
  • Humans
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • Education, Medical, Continuing
  • Databases, Factual
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
 

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Welsby, I., Crow, J., Bandarenko, N., Lappas, G., Phillips-Bute, B., & Stafford-Smith, M. (2010). A clinical prediction tool to estimate the number of units of red blood cells needed in primary elective coronary artery bypass surgery. Transfusion, 50(11), 2337–2343. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02711.x
Welsby, Ian, Jennifer Crow, Nicholas Bandarenko, George Lappas, Barbara Phillips-Bute, and Mark Stafford-Smith. “A clinical prediction tool to estimate the number of units of red blood cells needed in primary elective coronary artery bypass surgery.Transfusion 50, no. 11 (November 2010): 2337–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02711.x.
Welsby I, Crow J, Bandarenko N, Lappas G, Phillips-Bute B, Stafford-Smith M. A clinical prediction tool to estimate the number of units of red blood cells needed in primary elective coronary artery bypass surgery. Transfusion. 2010 Nov;50(11):2337–43.
Welsby, Ian, et al. “A clinical prediction tool to estimate the number of units of red blood cells needed in primary elective coronary artery bypass surgery.Transfusion, vol. 50, no. 11, Nov. 2010, pp. 2337–43. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02711.x.
Welsby I, Crow J, Bandarenko N, Lappas G, Phillips-Bute B, Stafford-Smith M. A clinical prediction tool to estimate the number of units of red blood cells needed in primary elective coronary artery bypass surgery. Transfusion. 2010 Nov;50(11):2337–2343.
Journal cover image

Published In

Transfusion

DOI

EISSN

1537-2995

Publication Date

November 2010

Volume

50

Issue

11

Start / End Page

2337 / 2343

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Models, Statistical
  • Humans
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • Education, Medical, Continuing
  • Databases, Factual
  • Coronary Artery Bypass