Reducing blood transfusion in obstetrics

Yoong, W.

Reducing blood transfusion in obstetrics - 2010

NMUH Staff Publications 30

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">Fears regarding the safety of blood products, along with concerns about its rising costs (from approximately 40 in 1998 to nearly 140 in 2006) and limited supply, have prompted the Department of Health to initiate the Health Service Circulars ‘Better Blood Transfusion’, which outline the need for a number of blood conservation strategies. The subject of blood conservation is especially important in obstetrics (which account for 3% of all blood transfused in the UK), where haemorrhage can occur rapidly and clinical estimations of blood loss are notoriously inaccurate (Bose et al.&nbsp;</span><a class="ref NLM_xref-bibr" href="http://informahealthcare.com/action/showPopup?citid=citart1&amp;id=CIT0002&amp;doi=10.3109/01443611003646314" style="text-decoration: none; color: #3366cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">2006</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">; Yoong et al.&nbsp;</span><a class="ref NLM_xref-bibr" href="http://informahealthcare.com/action/showPopup?citid=citart1&amp;id=CIT0008&amp;doi=10.3109/01443611003646314" style="text-decoration: none; color: #3366cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">2010</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">).</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"><br /></span>

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