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The Role of Decision Analysis in Transfusion Medicine
Author(s) -
AuBuchon James P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1996.7110001.x
Subject(s) - transfusion medicine , speculation , blood transfusion , intensive care medicine , medicine , business , surgery , finance
Transfusion medicine has become challenged by its own success. Within little more than two generations, diligent workers in this field have transformed blood conservation and transfusion techniques from a ‘cottage industry’ with unpredictable outcomes to a science that delivers components that are safe and efficacious and transfusion advice that is increasingly based on evidence rather than speculation.