In times of escalating health-care cost, it is of great importance to carefully assess the cost-
effectiveness and appropriateness of the most resource-consuming health interventions. A …

Patient blood management is now high on national and international health-system
agendas. Serious supply challenges as a result of changing population dynamics …

Background Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is independently associated in a dose‐
dependent manner with increased intensive care unit stay, total hospital length of stay, and …

Background We describe the implementation and impact of a patient blood management
program (PBMP) in an A ustralian teaching hospital. Study Design and Methods A PBMP …

Few medical procedures rival the status of blood transfusion as one of the most widely used
and emotion-laden medical treatments. Empirically applied in the 1800s to reduce or …

Background Patient blood management (PBM) programs seek to optimize the utilization of
blood components. Since our institution's program started, the annual number of red blood …

Study Design. Analysis of population-based national hospital discharge data collected for
the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Objective. To analyze trends in spinal fusion for …

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are among the most common
surgical procedures that necessitate blood transfusion. The purpose of this study was to …

Objective: Preoperative over-ordering of blood is common and leads to the wastage of blood
bank resources. The preoperative blood ordering and transfusion practices for common …

Objective Lung transplantation is associated with high rates of bleeding and frequent blood
transfusion. The authors aimed to determine if point-of-care coagulation testing (POCCT) …