Thoracic Surgeons’ Practice Patterns and Attitudes Toward Preoperative Testing for Blood Resource Use: An International Survey

Largely because of institutional policy, most surgeons worldwide still order a routine pre-T&S despite acknowledging a low bleeding risk and the rarity of intraoperative transfusions. Most surgeons are open to changing this practice.

Authors

Zaid M. Abdelsattar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-0410)
Ayham M. Odeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0304-7655)
Richard B. Freeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9471-8117)
Wissam Raad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7405-2215)
Raymond A. Verm
Marshall S. Baker

Institutions

Loyola University Medical Center (US)
University of Utah (US)
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital (US)
St. Vincent Hospital (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
Published: 2025-05-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atssr.2025.05.003
Primary Topic: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Thoracic Surgeons’ Practice Patterns and Attitudes Toward Preoperative Testing for Blood Resource Use: An International Survey

Zaid M. Abdelsattar, Ayham M. Odeh, Richard B. Freeman, Wissam Raad et al.

May 27, 2025

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

article

Thoracic Surgeons’ Practice Patterns and Attitudes Toward Preoperative Testing for Blood Resource Use: An International Survey

Zaid M. Abdelsattar, Ayham M. Odeh, Richard B. Freeman, Wissam Raad, Raymond A. Verm, Marshall S. Baker

May 27, 2025article en

Abstract

Largely because of institutional policy, most surgeons worldwide still order a routine pre-T&S despite acknowledging a low bleeding risk and the rarity of intraoperative transfusions. Most surgeons are open to changing this practice.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short ReportsVol. 3(4)

Loyola University Medical Center (US), University of Utah (US), Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital (US), St. Vincent Hospital (US)

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