Early intraoperative normovolemic hemodilution failed to save red blood cell supplies in a randomized clinical trial of over 2,000 people. The single-blind trial had people undergoing cardiac surgery ...
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery have a high risk of allogeneic red-cell transfusion. Whether hemodilution can reduce this risk has been unclear. New research findings are summarized in a short ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) lowers the need for transfusions during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery but is underused in the United States, according ...
In this trial involving adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery, acute normovolemic hemodilution did not reduce the number of patients receiving allogeneic red-cell transfusion.