Patient Blood Management in Europe

Patient blood management in Europe

Preoperative anaemia is common in patients undergoing orthopaedic and other major surgery. Anaemia is associated with increased risks of postoperative mortality and morbidity, infectious complications, prolonged hospitalization, and a greater likelihood of allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. Evidence of the clinical and economic disadvantages of RBC transfusion in treating perioperativ...

Patient blood management

Patient Blood Management in Hip Replacement Arthroplasty

Perioperative blood transfusions are common in total hip arthroplasty because of preoperative anemia and perioperative blood loss. Perioperative anemia and the need for allogeneic blood transfusion are related with increased morbidity. To reduce perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion, keeping the preoperative hemoglobin level above 12.0 g/dL is important in orthopedic patients. By using the...

Inm-3: Patient Management in Ultrasonography Department

Background Ultrasound has a pivotal role in imaging modality in the study of the female pelvis, and provides fundamental information in detecting uterine, ovarian, or adnexal origin, but to reach to the best results we need to use suitable procedure. The aim of this article was to describe management of infertile patient in sonography department during infertility treatment cycles.���� Material...

Patient blood management--the new frontier.

As one of the oldest and most common procedures in clinical practice, allogeneic blood transfusions face many issues including questionable safety and efficacy, increasing costs and limited supply. The need to provide effective care for a relatively small population of patients who could not be transfused for various reasons gave rise to 'bloodless medicine and surgery', which was subsequently ...