Fresh Frozen Plasma in Cardiac Surgery: Descriptive and Prognostic Study
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2006-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Despite experts' recommendations, the consumption of Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) is very
heterogeneous among French cardiac surgery centers. This probably reflects heterogeneous
practices that are not characterized and whose outcomes on morbidity and mortality are not
documented.
The principal objective of the study is to describe transfusional strategies of FFP in
patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The other objectives are: to assess the conformity of
FFP transfusion or lack of transfusion to current French authorities' recommendations, to
describe the post-operative mortality and morbidity and to assess the prognostic role of FFP
on mortality and morbidity. Prognostic analyses will take into account other prognostic
factors of mortality and morbidity.
1500 patients undergoing cardiac surgery and presenting with a serious bleeding (or
transfused with FFP without bleeding) will be included in the study.