"Transfusion Practices Among Patients Who Did and Did Not Predonate Autologous Blood Before Elective Cardiac Surgery."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, "Background: Preoperative autologous blood donation is commonly used to reduce exposure to allogeneic transfusions among patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. However, this technique is associated with an overall increase in transfusions (allogeneic or autologous). The authors assessed the impact of transfusion decision-making on the effectiveness of preoperative autologous donation in reducing the frequency of allogeneic transfusions, and its impact on the increased transfusion rate associated with preoperative autologous donation in cardiac surgery. Methods: ...

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