Management of Postoperative Anemia After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Blood Conservation Strategies

• Implementing aggressive blood conservation strategies, including transfusion algorithms and point-of-care testing, can limit hemodilutional anemia and the need for intraoperative and perioperative allogeneic red blood cell transfusion, as recommended by the American Heart Association 1

Nutritional Support

• Providing controlled, comprehensive dietary intake, such as a standard cardiac diet with controlled caloric support (30 kcal·kg−1·d−1) and balanced macronutrients, can improve albumin levels, reduce anemia, and decrease inflammation, according to guidelines from the American College of Cardiology 2, 3