Open AccessMaximum surgical blood ordering schedule in a tertiary trauma center in northern India: A proposal
Author(s) -
Arulselvi Subramanian,
Sushma Sagar,
Subodh Kumar,
Deepak Agrawal,
Venencia Albert,
Mahesh Chandra Misra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.102391
Subject(s) - medicine , elective surgery , neurosurgery , context (archaeology) , blood transfusion , surgery , blood units , trauma center , surgical procedures , retrospective cohort study , paleontology , biology
Over ordering of blood is a common practice in elective surgical practice. Considerable time and effort is spent on cross-matching for each patient undergoing a surgical procedure.