Preoperative autologous blood collection before bone marrow harvests in haploidentical related donors: is it justified?

CONCLUSION: PADs are not justified in healthy marrow donors as they expose them to a risk of preoperative anemia and hence a greater risk of transfusion. PMID: 29577348 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29577348?dopt=Abstract

Source: Transfusion - March 25, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Arora K, Kelley J, Martinez F, Tholpady A Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research