History of blood transfusion and patient blood management

For more than two decades authorities have been calling for a major change in transfusion practice [1]. This is now even more urgent as new challenges continue to emerge. These include supply difficulties due to a diminishing donor pool and an increasing aging and consuming population, spiralling co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Farmer, Shannon, Isbister, J., Leahy, M.
Other Authors: Nicolas Jabbour (Editor)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27887