title: Transfusion medicine in the preoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Luis I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Velez-Pestana
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yawn
authors.forename: Jane C K
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fitch
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000191:economics; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D011300:Preoperative Care; D065227:Transfusion Reaction