Patient blood management is a win-win: a wake -up call

Preoperative anaemia is frequent in surgical patients and increases postoperative mortality, major morbidity, and length of hospital stay. Poorly controlled bleeding and surgical blood loss can also contribute to these outcomes. Anaemia, blood loss, and liberal transfusion triggers are the main pred...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Spahn, D., Theusinger, O., Hofmann, Axel
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49645