Open AccessRationalizing blood transfusion in elective breast cancer surgery: Analyzing justification and economy
Author(s) -
Vikas Agarwal,
Sudipta Sekhar Das
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_107_17
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , blood transfusion , mastectomy , modified radical mastectomy , surgery , breast surgery , incidence (geometry) , autotransfusion , cancer , physics , optics
Transfusion of allogeneic blood in breast cancer surgery is variable, and differences of transfusion incidence have been observed in the literature. Most hospital guidelines including ours dictate group and reserve policy of blood before breast surgery. Here, we aimed to audit the blood utilization in patients undergoing elective breast surgery in our hospital and thereby optimize the blood ordering schedule, economic burden, and loss of clinical resources.