2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery

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Key Words

Guidelines
Cardiac surgery
Haemostasis
Blood transfusion
Bleeding
Anticoagulation
Coagulation factors

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Disclaimer 2017: The EACTS/EACTA Guidelines represent the views of the EACTS and of the EACTA and were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical knowledge and the evidence available at the time of their dating.

The EACTS and the EACTA are not responsible in the event of any contradiction, discrepancy and/or ambiguity between the EACTS/EACTA Guidelines and any other official recommendations or guidelines issued by the relevant public health authorities, in particular in relation to good use of healthcare or therapeutic strategies. Health professionals are encouraged to take the EACTS/EACTA Guidelines fully into account when exercising their clinical judgement as well as in the determination and the implementation of preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic medical strategies; however, the EACTS/EACTA Guidelines do not, in any way whatsoever, override the individual responsibility of health professionals to make appropriate and accurate decisions in consideration of each patient’s health condition and, where appropriate and/or necessary, in consultation with that patient and the patient’s care provider. Nor do the EACTS/EACTA Guidelines exempt health professionals from giving full and careful consideration to the relevant official, updated recommendations or guidelines issued by the competent public health authorities, in order to manage each patient’s case in light of the scientifically accepted data pursuant to their respective ethical and professional obligations. It is also the health professional’s responsibility to verify the applicable rules and regulations relating to drugs and medical devices at the time of prescription.

The article has been co-published with permission in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and in the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. All rights reserved in respect of the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, © European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2017 and in respect of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia © European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthiosology 2017. The articles are identical except for minor stylistic and spelling difference in keeping with each journal’s style. Either citation can be used when citing this article.

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Authors/Task Force Members

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Representing the EACTA

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Representing the European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (EBCP)