title: Blood management: facts and fictions.
authors.affiliation: Texas Center for Joint Replacement, Plano 75093, USA.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Head
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Emerson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hillyard
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission; D006438:Hemodilution; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors