Reducing blood transfusion in obstetrics

By:

Yoong, W

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Publication details: 2010ISSN:

01443615

Uniform titles:

Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

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Summary: 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. <a class="ref NLM_xref-bibr" href="http://informahealthcare.com/action/showPopup?citid=citart1&id=CIT0002&doi=10.3109/01443611003646314" style="text-decoration: none; color: #3366cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">2006</a>; Yoong et al. <a class="ref NLM_xref-bibr" href="http://informahealthcare.com/action/showPopup?citid=citart1&id=CIT0008&doi=10.3109/01443611003646314" style="text-decoration: none; color: #3366cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">2010</a>).

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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;<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>; Yoong et al.&nbsp;<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>).

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