Cardiac valve surgery +/- CABG.
Conditions
Interventions
Randomization to receive buffy-coat-depleted (PC) or leukocyte-depleted transfusions when necessary. Pre-operative, at arrival at ICU and day 1 postoperatively at ICU blood samples were obtained.
Sponsors
Dutch Heart Foundation, No 98.183.
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing valve surgery (+/- CABG).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients under 18 years of age, patients with medical indications for leucocyte-depleted erythrocytes and who received blood transfusions within previous 3 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 90-days mortality and causes of deaths. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. In-hospital mortality, 30- and 60-days mortality, onset and type of postoperative infections, onset and type of multiple-organ-dysfunction-syndrome (MODS), ICU-stay, hospital-stay and long-term survival. Pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokine profile, complement system activation and inflammatory mediators. 2. Cost-effective-analysis for the primary outcome. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactY.M. Bilgin
Sanquin blood bank, Department of Research and Education, Plesmanlaan 1a
Outcome results
None listed