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    Clinical study results presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 46th Annual Critical Care Congress last month suggest that all heart surgery patients are at risk for Retained Blood Syndrome, not just high-risk patients, as previously assumed. All patients having heart surgery are required to have drainage catheters to remove shed blood from around the heart and lungs in the early hours of recovery following surgery. Evidence suggests that these drainage catheters, or chest tubes, have a high failure rate due to clogging, leading to a condition better known as Retained Blood Syndrome (RBS).
     
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