Blood Conservation

Patient blood management requires multi-modality and multidisciplinary collaboration to identify patients who are at increased risk of requiring blood transfusion and therefore decrease exposure to blood products. Transfusion is associated with poor postoperative outcomes, and guidelines exist to mi...

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Published in:Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2015, Vol.27 (3), p.266-270
Main Authors: Martin, Jeremiah T., MBBCh, FRCSI, FACS, Ferraris, Victor A., MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
blood conservation
Blood Loss, Surgical - prevention & control
Blood Transfusion - psychology
Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures - methods
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Humans
patient blood management
quality
Religion and Medicine
Risk Factors
transfusion
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Summary:Patient blood management requires multi-modality and multidisciplinary collaboration to identify patients who are at increased risk of requiring blood transfusion and therefore decrease exposure to blood products. Transfusion is associated with poor postoperative outcomes, and guidelines exist to minimize transfusion requirements. This review highlights recent studies and efforts to apply patient blood management across disease processes and health care systems.
ISSN:1043-0679
1532-9488
DOI:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2015.08.003