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Educational Session

Patient Blood Management

AM25-MN-06-L - Blood Conservation in the OR: How to Create a Comprehensive Pediatric Patient Blood Management Program

Monday, October 27, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  PT
Location: 25

    Program Chair(s)

  • Nabiha Saifee, MD, PhD

    Transfusion Service Medical Director
    Seattle Children's
    Seattle, Washington

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Speaker(s)

  • Christina Greene, MD

    Cardiovascular surgeon and Assistant Professor
    Seattle Children's and University of Washington, Washington

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Anil Panigrahi, MD, PhD

    Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Transfusion Medicine
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford, California

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Proposed Session Description: This session will provide attendees with practical tools and insights for implementing a patient blood management (PBM) program and showcase how a clinical program successfully achieves bloodless cardiac surgery in neonates (a group that traditionally have always required blood transfusion). An anesthesiologist will present current data on perioperative transfusion decision-making and highlight core elements of an effective PBM program focused on optimizing blood use. A congenital heart surgeon will share strategies that enable bloodless neonatal cardiac surgery, discuss the clinical impact on outcomes, and explore future research directions to better understand the impact of blood transfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass. A transfusion service medical director will explain the use of conventional coagulation assays and viscoelastic testing to guide transfusion decisions and outline collaborative approaches for revising preoperative blood ordering practices. This session aims to inspire participants to launch or strengthen blood conservation efforts at their institutions and to engage with emerging ideas shaping the future of PBM.

Learning Objectives:

  • Review current data related to perioperative transfusion decision making
  • Describe key elements for optimal blood use
  • Design a perioperative blood conservation program
  • Relate important strategies that allow for bloodless neonatal cardiac surgery