Patient blood management: A patient-orientated approach to blood replacement with the goal of reducing anemia, blood loss and the need for blood transfusion in elective surgery

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Gombotz, Hans ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood loss; Patient blood management; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 84859895779     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: 16603818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337183     Document Type: Review

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