Open AccessA Simple Guideline Reduces the Need for Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Swiss Hospitals: A Prospective, Multicentre, Before-and-After Study in Elective Hip and Knee Replacement
Author(s) -
Stefano Fontana,
Cristina de la Cuadra,
Urs Müller,
P. Schmid,
Malgorzata Perler,
Martin Luginbühl,
Behrouz Mansouri Taleghani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transfusion medicine and hemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1660-3818
pISSN - 1660-3796
DOI - 10.1159/000363540
Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , guideline , blood transfusion , pathology
Optimising the use of blood has become a core task of transfusion medicine. Because no general guidelines are available in Switzerland, we analysed the effects of the introduction of a guideline on red blood cell (RBC) transfusion for elective orthopaedic surgery.
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