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May 9, 2023

A programmatic approach to patient blood management – reducing transfusions and improving patient outcomes.

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May 9, 2023

Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health system-wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary-care hospitals

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May 9, 2023

Screening and treating pre-operative anaemia and suboptimal iron stores in elective colorectal surgery: a cost effective analysis.

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May 9, 2023

Hospital-acquired infection, length of stay, and readmission in elective surgery patients transfusion 1 unit of red blood cells: a retrospective cohort study

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May 9, 2023

Anemia in hospitalized patients: an overlooked risk in medical care.

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May 9, 2023

Patient Blood Management Programs: the most significant change in health in a decade.

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June 8, 2022

Blood use in patients receiving intensive chemotherapy for acute leukemia or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Patient blood management

Patient blood management (PBM) programs are associated with improved patient outcomes, reduced transfusions and costs. In 2008, the Western Australia Department of Health initiated a comprehensive health-system–wide PBM program. This…
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June 3, 2022

Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health-system-wide patient blood management program

Patient blood management (PBM) programs are associated with improved patient outcomes, reduced transfusions and costs. In 2008, the Western Australia Department of Health initiated a comprehensive health-system–wide PBM program. This…
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June 3, 2022

Making patient blood management the new norm (as experienced by implementors in diverse countries)

Patient blood management (PBM) describes a set of evidence-based practices to optimize medical and surgical patient outcomes by clinically managing and preserving a patient’s own blood.
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June 3, 2022

Essential Role of Patient Blood Management in a Pandemic: A Call for Action

Given the recent emergence of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the ensuing worldwide, widespread human-to-human transmission of the related Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the World…
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June 3, 2022

A Global Definition of Patient Blood Management: Anesthesia & Analgesia

While patient blood management (PBM) initiatives are increasingly adopted across the globe as part of standard of care, there is need for a clear and widely accepted definition of PBM.
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June 3, 2022

WHO Policy Brief

World Health Organization. (‎2021)‎. The urgent need to implement patient blood management: policy brief. World Health Organization.