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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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49645 |