Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health-system–wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary-care hospitals

Transfusion

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1347-1358

  Leahy, Michael F ^a,b   Hofmann, Axel ^c,d,e   Towler, Simon ^f   Trentino, Kevin M ^g   Burrows, Sally A ^a   Swain, Stuart G ^g   Hamdorf, Jeffrey ^d   Gallagher, Trudi ^h,i   Koay, Audrey ^h   Geelhoed, Gary C ^d,h   Farmer, Shannon L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WA Department of Health   (Australia)

^h DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

ⁱ Accumen LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD SALVAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST CONTROL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85011690567     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14006     Document Type: Article

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