title: Are you ready for bloodless surgery?
abstract: 'Bloodless' medicine and surgery is saving lives of individuals whose religious faith forbids blood transfusions. And the innovations it comprises are introducing new considerations to the nursing care of many patients undergoing complex operations.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, Columbia St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vernon
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Pfeifer
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002835:Christianity; D000075202:Contraindications; D000068817:Epoetin Alfa; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D006397:Hematinics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D000068817:Epoetin Alfa