This is a highly peculiar study in which patients undergoing major abdominal surgery had to abstain from eating 9 days before the operation. To make things worse, they were not […]
In this article, Vamvakas and Blajchman, in a “tour de force”, reviewed the causes of allogeneic transfusion-related mortality as documented in more than 300 publications! The three leading causes in […]
This recent Cochrane analysis underlines the benefits of cell salvage in orthopedic and cardiac surgery. There is a 21% absolute risk reduction in RBC usage without any clinical adverse event. […]
This retrospective study reported a degradation of the PaO2/FiO2 ratio (from 250 105 to 240 102; p = 0.003) on the first day after RBC transfusion in 83 non-bleeding ICU […]
The present study describes a model to predict a patient’s hemoglobin (Hb) increment after transfusion of 1 or more RBC units with a known Hb content. The pilot study has, […]
There has been much debate about the use of cell salvage in the obstetric patient because of potential complications associated with fetal contamination and possible amniotic fluid embolism. This report […]
The two recent articles reviewed herein emphasize that anemia in hospitalized patients identifies patients with greater risk of death or complications. Kurek and colleagues from Poland followed consecutive patients with […]
Weightman and colleagues have conducted a longitudinal analysis of 1,841 consecutive patients undergoing primary coronary artery surgery followed for a mean of just over 8 years. Their analysis revealed no […]
This is the first quantitative experimental proof of the concept of targeted oxygen delivery to ischemic tissue by polymerized bovine hemoglobin (Hb). This Hb solution is commercially available, but clinically […]
The two recent articles reviewed herein emphasize that anemia in hospitalized patients identifies patients with greater risk of death or complications. Kurek and colleagues from Poland followed consecutive patients with […]
This prospective randomized multicenter study reported that minimized perfusion circuit (MPC) is associated with a lower transfusion rate and and a lower incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in comparison to […]
This is a very topical article. Since a high proportion of hazards of transfusion in several Hemovigilance programs show that a significant number are due to errors, particularly of giving […]
It is well known that intravenous iron offers an effective, feasible route towards reducing the heavy burden of iron-deficiency anemia in both dialysis and non-dialysis CKD patients, even in the […]
In their retrospective analysis, Anand and coworkers report the effects of minimally invasive percutaneous spine surgery (scoliosis correction) on blood loss, hospital length of stay and functional outcome in 28 […]
This paper from the Netherlands is very important in view of estimating the future use of blood products and to observe the well-known variations in the use of blood products […]