AATS	American Association for Thoracic Surgery
ACEI	Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
AF	Atrial fibrillation
AKI	Acute kidney injury
ARB	Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker
BMI	Body Mass Index
CI	Confidence Interval
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CPB	Cardiopulmonary bypass
EPOα	Erythropoietin alpha
ERAS	Enhanced recovery after surgery
ESC	European Society of Cardiology
EuroSCORE	European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation
HAP	Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Hb	Hemoglobin
ICU	Intensive care unit
LVEF	Left ventricular ejection fraction
MME	Morphine milligram equivalent
NSAID	Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
OR	Odds ratio
PBM	Patient blood management
POAF	Postoperative atrial fibrillation
POD	Postoperative day
PSM	Propensity score matching
REDCap	Research Electronic Data Capture
RCT	Randomized Clinical Trial
STROBE	STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational Studies in Epidemiology
ScvO2	Central venous oxygen saturation
TS	transferrin saturation
VAS	Visual analog scale