Desmopressin as Treatment for Postoperative Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients younger than 18 years of age
• •Patients with a medical condition known to influence the hemostatic system
• •Patients treated with clopidogrel or systemic steroids during the last week before surgery
• •Patients with INR above 1.5
• •Patients who are not able to give written informed concent
• •Unstable patients who need other transfusion limits than in this study