Effectiveness of a patient blood management protocol on reduction of allogenic red blood cell transfusions in orthopedic surgery.

CONCLUSION: The implementation of the programme reduces transfusion risk. The effectiveness of tranexamic acid varies according to surgery site. The use of iron and recombinant human erythropoietin is necessary to improve Hb. PMID: 29887176 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medicina Clinica - Category: General Medicine Tags: Med Clin (Barc) Source Type: research