I. Preoperative Considerations in Cardiac Surgery.- 1. Current Practice of Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery.- 2. Preoperative Evaluation of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Patient for Bleeding Risk.- 3. Preoperative Autologous and Directed Blood Donation.- 4. Erythropoietin in Cardiac Surgery.- 5. Aids Risk in Cardiac Surgery.- 6. Cardiac Surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses.- 7. Blood Conservation in Cardiopulmonary Transplantation.- 8. Blood Conservation in Infants and Children Undergoing Surgery for Acquired and Congenital Heart Disease.- II. Intraoperative Decision Making in Cardiac Surgery.- 9. Hemostatis and the Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Hemostatis.- 10. Monitoring of Coagulation: Management of Heparin and Protamine.- 11.Intraoperative Autologous Blood Donation Practices.- 12. The Influence of Oxygenator Type and Priming Volume on Blood Requirements.- 13. Intraoperative Blood Salvage.- 14. Operative Techniques in Blood Conservation.- 15. Pharmacologic Approaches to Coagulation (Aprontinin, Epsilon Amino Caproic Acid, DDAVP, Tranexamic Acid Therapy).- 16. Indications for Red Cell Transfusion.- 17. Fibrin Glue and Topical Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery.- 18. Routine Use of Heparin-Bonded Circuits with Minimal Anticoagulation for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- III. Postoperative Bleeding and Management.- 19. Blood Salvage After Cardiac Surgery.- 20. Assessment and Control of Postoperative Bleeding.- 21. Blood Conservation: A Critical Care Nursing Perspective.- 22. Reoperative Strategies for the Bleeding Cardiovascular Patient.- 23. Blood Transfusion Reaction, Diagnosis, and Treatment.- 24. Blood Substitutes.- 25. Anemia During the Late Postoperative Period Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery.- 26. Economics of Transfusion Medicine and Blood ConservationPractices.- IV. Algorithm for Bloodless Surgery at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.- 27. Development and Application of a Multimodality Blood Conservation Program.
