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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Infection Control

Background:

  • Cell salvage is a technique used to recover and reinfuse a patient's own blood lost during surgery.
  • The safety and efficacy of cell salvage, particularly concerning postoperative infection rates, remain areas of investigation in cardiac surgery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the primary outcome of infection risk following intraoperative cell salvage in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
  • To analyze the direct and indirect effects of cell salvage on postoperative infections, considering allogeneic transfusion as a mediator.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial involving 716 patients across six Dutch cardiac surgery centers.
  • Data collected over four years on patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting, valve surgery, or combined procedures.
  • Postoperative infection assessment utilized Centre of Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance definitions.

Main Results:

  • Patients undergoing cell salvage experienced higher infection rates (15.9%) compared to controls (13.1%).
  • Cell salvage showed a direct association with increased infection risk (OR 2.291, p=0.015).
  • Allogeneic transfusion also directly increased infection risk (OR 2.082, p=0.018), while processed cell salvage blood did not significantly impact infections (OR 0.999, p=0.089).

Conclusions:

  • Cell salvage is directly associated with higher postoperative infection rates in cardiac surgery.
  • The indirect protective effect of cell salvage, primarily through the reduction of allogeneic blood transfusions, significantly mitigates the direct risk of infection.
  • This suggests that cell salvage can be safely employed in cardiac surgery when considering its overall impact on transfusion needs and subsequent infection risk.