Red blood cell transfusion ≥ 2 units is a risk factor of long-term survival of infectious endocarditis patients with surgical intervention.

ABSTRACT: Blood transfusion is common in patients with infectious endocarditis (IE) treated surgically. Limited literature on RBC transfusion outcomes in surgical IE. We aimed to clarify impacts of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion on long-term results of IE patients with surgical intervention. We conducted a retrospective study on the medical records of patients with IE undergoing cardiac surgery from 2006 to 2022 in our hospital. In our investigation, 814 IE patients were enrolled into RBC ≥ 2 units group (n = 305) and RBC < 2 units group (n = 509). There were 305 RBC ≥ 2 units patients (37.5%, 305/814). Compared with RBC < 2 units group, all-time mortality (26.2% vs 10.4%, P <.001) significantly increased in RBC ≥ 2 units group. We found vegetation diameter ≥ 10 mm, cardiopulmonary bypass length ≥

SUBMITTER: Huang JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12599631 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature