Abstract Ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject®, Injectafer®) is an intravenous iron preparation
approved in numerous countries for the treatment of iron deficiency. A single high dose of …

A wide variety of topical hemostats are approved as adjunctive therapies in the maintenance
of hemostasis during surgical procedures in which conventional methods are insufficient or …

BACKGROUND Patient blood management (PBM) can prevent preoperative anaemia, but
little is known about practice in Europe. OBJECTIVE To assess the pre and postoperative …

Background Severely anemic patients for whom blood transfusion is not an option provide
highly valuable information on risks of anemia and alternative management strategies …

Background Iron deficiency is a common nutritional deficiency amongst women of
childbearing age. Peri-partum iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is associated with significant …

As one of the oldest and most common procedures in clinical practice, allogeneic blood
transfusions face many issues including questionable safety and efficacy, increasing costs …

Background Five years after the first A ustrian benchmark study demonstrated relatively high
transfusion rate and an abundance of nonindicated transfusions in elective surgeries, this …

Social and economic development, along with increased health care coverage, has caused
a sharp increase in the clinical demand for blood in C hina. Whole blood collection has …

Few medical procedures rival the status of blood transfusion as one of the most widely used
and emotion-laden medical treatments. Empirically applied in the 1800s to reduce or …

Background Although clinical outcomes have been reported for patients who do not accept
allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT), many previous studies lack a control group, fail to use …