Prospective international audit of perioperative bleeding management and its impact on patient outcomes
Launched May 2024
Blood loss and complications arising from bleeding in major, open vascular surgery cause significant morbidity and mortality. There is no consistency or consensus on the strategies used to manage intra- and post-operative blood loss to mitigate this risk.
BLAST is a prospective, international audit with the primary aim to investigate the current international management of perioperative bleeding in major open vascular surgery. It will compare practice to guidance issued by the Centre of Perioperative Care, NHS Enhanced Recovery Programme and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
The study also aims to investigate the impact of bleeding related complications on patient outcomes as well as determine to efficacy of interventions used to reduce bleeding in vascular surgery such as systemic and local haemostatic agents.
This is an international multi-centre audit with prospective data collection via REDCap including adult patients undergoing major open elective or emergency vascular surgery.
The results have now been presented at the European Society for Vascular Surgery‘s annual meeting in 2025.
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