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Retained Blood Syndrome (RBS)

Calculate the Operational Cost Impact of Retained Blood in your Cardiac Surgery Program

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Citations

1 Dexur Medicare claims data analysis 2017-2020.

2 Average 90 day cost of care per hospitalization difference with and without Retained Blood.

3 Packed Red Blood Cells, Fresh Frozen Plasma, Cryoprecipitate, and Platelets

4 Arthur Zbrozek, Glenn Magee, Cost of Bleeding in Trauma and Complex Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Therapeutics, Volume 37, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1966-1974, ISSN 0149-2918, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.06.007.

5 Sirch J, Ledwon M, Puski T, Boyle EM, Pfeiffer S, Fischlein T. Active Clearance of Chest Drainage Catheters Reduces Retained Blood. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016. Mar; 151(3):832–838.

6 Baribeau, Y., Westbrook, B., et al. Active clearance of chest tubes is associated with reduced postoperative complications and costs after cardiac surgery: a propensity matched analysis. J Cardiothoracic Surg 14, 192 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13019-019-09.

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