A restrictive use of both autologous donation and recombinant human erythropoietin is an efficient policy for primary total hip or knee arthroplasty.
Finally a paper which tries to tell us when not to use these expensive modalities. Predonation and erythropoetin are essential tools in the reduction of allogeneic transfusion but their precise […]
How effective is acute normovolaemic haemodilution in femoro-distal bypass surgery?
This case control cohort study reports that the efficacy of acute normovolemic hemodilution as a blood conservation technique appears limited due to the usually poor clinical status of patients undergoing […]
Perioperative blood salvage as an alternative to predonating blood for primary total knee and hip arthroplasty.
This retrospective study shows again that intra- and postoperative blood salvage can minimize allogeneic transfusions. For the recent discussion about the use of unwashed drainage blood the paper is remarkable […]
Case report on recombinant coagulation factor VIIa in the treatment of three haemophilia A patients with inhibitors in Singapore.
This is a first case report on using rFVIIa (Novoseven) to treat hemophilia patients with high response inhibitors to factor VIII in Singapore. The patients had bleeding with moderate severity, […]