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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2021

Bleeding risk stratification in coronary artery surgery: the should-not-bleed score.

Mirna Petricevic, Mate Petricevic, Marijan Pasalic, Branka Golubic Cepulic, Mirela Raos, Vesna Vasicek, Klaus Goerlinger, Kresimir Rotim, Hrvoje Gasparovic, Bojan Biocina

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07012837 (Reducing Point-of-Care Transfusion Requirements With Prolonged Desmopressin in High-Bleeding-Risk Cardiac Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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NCT07012837 phase3not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Reducing Point-of-Care Transfusion Requirements With Prolonged Desmopressin in High-Bleeding-Risk Cardiac Surgery: A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial (REDES-BLEED)

TypeinterventionalSponsorImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityRan2025 to 2027Enrolled112ConditionsAdult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, High Bleeding Risks, Planned Elective Cardiac Surgery Using CPBArmsPlacebo, Desmopresin
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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC Guidelines on patient blood management in adult cardiac surgery in collaboration with EBCP.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Mirna PetricevicDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Mate PetricevicUniversity Department of Health Studies, University of Split, Split, Croatia. petricevic.mate@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2083-7751
Marijan PasalicDepartment for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Branka Golubic CepulicClinical Department of Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Mirela RaosClinical Department of Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Vesna VasicekAccounting Department, University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia.
Klaus GoerlingerKlinik fur Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, and TEM International GmbH, Munich, Germany.
Kresimir RotimUniversity of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia.
Hrvoje GasparovicUniversity Department of Health Studies, University of Split, Split, Croatia.
Bojan BiocinaUniversity Department of Health Studies, University of Split, Split, Croatia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn estimated 20% of allogeneic blood transfusions in the United States are associated with cardiac surgery. It is estimated that 11% of red cell resources were used for transfusion support of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with a documented wide variability in transfusion rate (7.8 to 92.8%). To address the issue of unnecessary transfusions within the CABG population, we developed a model to predict which patients are at low risk of bleeding for whom transfusion treatment might be considered unnecessary. Herein we present our "SHOULD-NOT-BLEED-SCORE" application developed for the Windows® software platform which is based on our previous research.

methodsThis study is aimed to develop a user-friendly application that stratifies patients with respect to bleeding risk. The statistical model we used in our previous research was focused on detection of CABG patients at low risk of bleeding. The rationale behind such an approach was to identify a CABG patient subgroup at low risk of bleeding. By identifying patients at low risk of bleeding we can define a subgroup of patients for whom transfusion treatment might be considered unnecessary. We developed a Windows platform application based on risk modelling which we previously calculated for 1426 patients undergoing elective CABG from January 2010 to January 2018.

resultsThe SHOULD-NOT-BLEED-SCORE risk score is developed for the Windows software platform. A mathematical model that is based on multivariate analysis was used for app development. The variables that entered the scoring system were: Age; Body Mass Index; Chronic Renal Failure; Preoperative Clopidogrel Exposure; Preoperative Red Blood Cells Count; Preoperative Fibrinogen Level; Preoperative Multiplate ASPI test area under the curve (AUC) units. The SHOULD-NOT-BLEED-SCORE identifies/predicts patients without a risk for excessive bleeding with strong discriminatory performance (Receiver Operating Curve (ROC) analysis AUC 72.3%, p < 0.001).

conclusionThe SHOULD-NOT-BLEED risk scoring application may be useful in the preoperative risk screening process. The clinical and economic burden associated with unnecessary transfusions may be adequately addressed by a preoperative scoring system detecting patients at low risk of bleeding for whom transfusion treatment might be considered unnecessary.

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Blood TransfusionHemorrhageAdultAged, 80 and overArea Under CurveCardiac Surgical ProceduresClopidogrelCoronary Artery BypassHumansPostoperative HemorrhageRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsUnited StatesVascular Surgical ProceduresClopidogrelBleedingBleeding risk scoreCoronary artery bypass graftingTransfusion

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PMID33882969
PMCPMC8059187

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