All heart surgery patients universally require hydration, which is given through a vein in the arm, but practices for treating patients are not universal. There are disagreements about whether crystalloids should be used alone or in combination with albumin. This question has important implications because albumin is an expensive blood product in relatively limited supply, and 20% of its use is by heart surgery patients. The goal of this study is to learn more about how crystalloids and albumin are used during heart surgery, as well as, key patient outcomes.
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Albumin
Timeframe: On CPB, in the operating room but not during CPB, in the ICU, on the ward to post operative day 28.
Crystalloid, volume dose and type administered
Timeframe: On CPB, in the operating room but not during CPB, in the ICU, on the ward to post operative day 28.