The second Austrian benchmark study for blood use in elective surgery: results and practice change

Liberal versus restrictive transfusion thresholds for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease

(2013) Jeffrey L. Carson et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Do we really need tranexamic acid in total hip arthroplasty? A meta-analysis of nineteen randomized controlled trials

(2013) Xin-die Zhou et al.   ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY

Predicting the need for blood transfusion in patients with hip fractures

(2013) Assaf Kadar et al.   INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS

Concepts of blood transfusion in adults

(2013) Lawrence T Goodnough et al.   LANCET

Intraoperative cell salvage is associated with reduced postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery: a cohort study

(2013) Alexander B.A. Vonk et al.   TRANSFUSION

Ranking the effectiveness of autologous blood conservation measures through validated modeling of independent clinical data

(2013) Günter Singbartl et al.   TRANSFUSION

Systematic Criteria for Type and Screen Based on Procedureʼs Probability of Erythrocyte Transfusion

(2012) Franklin Dexter et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Patient Blood Management

(2012) Lawrence Tim Goodnough et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Variation of Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery

(2012) Feng Qian et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Effect of a patient blood management programme on preoperative anaemia, transfusion rate, and outcome after primary hip or knee arthroplasty: a quality improvement cycle † ‡

(2012) A. Kotzé et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Preoperative identification of patients with increased risk for perioperative bleeding

(2012) Hans Gombotz et al.   Current Opinion in Anesthesiology

Predicting Need for Allogeneic Transfusion After Total Knee Arthroplasty

(2012) Manish S. Noticewala et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Variability in Transfusion Practice and Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve It

(2012) Aryeh Shander et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Efforts to Change Transfusion Practice and Reduce Transfusion Rates Are Effective in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

(2012) Jan Jesper Andreasen et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

From Bloodless Surgery to Patient Blood Management

(2012) Aryeh Shander et al.   MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Reduction of allogeneic red blood cell usage during cardiac surgery by an integrated intra- and postoperative blood salvage strategy: results of a randomized comparison

(2012) Luca Weltert et al.   TRANSFUSION

Preoperative hemostasis and its association with bleeding and blood component transfusion requirements in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

(2012) Nahit Emeklibas et al.   TRANSFUSION

Benchmarking: Applications to Transfusion Medicine

(2012) Torunn Oveland Apelseth et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE REVIEWS

Effect of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding: systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis

(2012) K. Ker et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Patient Blood Management (Teil 1) – Individuelles Behandlungskonzept zur Reduktion und Vermeidung von Anämie, Blutverlust und -transfusionen

(2011) Hans Gombotz et al.   ANASTHESIOLOGIE INTENSIVMEDIZIN NOTFALLMEDIZIN SCHMERZTHERAPIE

What is really dangerous: anaemia or transfusion?

(2011) A. Shander et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Multicentre cohort study of red blood cell use for revision hip arthroplasty and factors associated with greater risk of allogeneic blood transfusion

(2011) T.S. Walsh et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Strategies to reduce the use of blood products

(2011) Aryeh Shander et al.   Current Opinion in Anesthesiology

Patient blood management is key before elective surgery

(2011) Hans Gombotz   LANCET

Preoperative anaemia and postoperative outcomes in non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

(2011) Khaled M Musallam et al.   LANCET

Five Drivers Shifting the Paradigm from Product-Focused Transfusion Practice to Patient Blood Management

(2011) A. Hofmann et al.   ONCOLOGIST

Drivers of Transfusion Decision Making and Quality of the Evidence in Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Literature

(2011) Paul James Barr et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE REVIEWS

Appropriateness of Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion: The International Consensus Conference on Transfusion Outcomes

(2011) Aryeh Shander et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE REVIEWS

Effect of the Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists upon Clinical Practices

(2010) Donald S. Likosky et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

The Impact of Blood Conservation on Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery: Is It Safe and Effective?

(2010) David M. Moskowitz et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Detection, evaluation, and management of preoperative anaemia in the elective orthopaedic surgical patient: NATA guidelines

(2010) L.T. Goodnough et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Re-evaluation of the role of antifibrinolytic therapy with lysine analogs during cardiac surgery in the post aprotinin era

(2010) Andreas Koster et al.   Current Opinion in Anesthesiology

Variation in Use of Blood Transfusion in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

(2010) Elliott Bennett-Guerrero et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Tranexamic Acid Is Associated With Less Blood Transfusion in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2010) S.C. Adler Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Removal of aprotinin from low-dose aprotinin/tranexamic acid antifibrinolytic therapy increases transfusion requirements in cardiothoracic surgery

(2010) A. B. A. Vonk et al.   Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Institutional Variability of Intraoperative Red Blood Cell Utilization in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

(2009) Franklin W. Maddux et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Hospital variation in transfusion and infection after cardiac surgery: a cohort study

(2009) Mary AM Rogers et al.   BMC Medicine

Aprotinin use during cardiac surgery: recent alterations and effects on blood product utilization

(2009) Zaneta Y. Strouch et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA

Activity-based costs of blood transfusions in surgical patients at four hospitals

(2009) Aryeh Shander et al.   TRANSFUSION

Patient Blood Management

(2008) Donat R. Spahn et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

The ongoing variability in blood transfusion practices in cardiac surgery

(2008) Stephanie A. Snyder-Ramos et al.   TRANSFUSION