title: [Blood transfusions: risks beyond communicable diseases].
abstract: Blood transfusions are daily practice in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology. Due to new surgical techniques and a better understanding of anaemia-associated pathophysiology, the indications for transfusion are becoming more and more strict. This is even more important as in the past few years increasing evidence shows that blood transfusions have a significant impact on hospital mortality and the patient's outcome. This article is intended to provide an overview of the literature in recent years dealing with this problem.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, Klinikum Dachau. carsten.horn@gmx.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Büser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Freyburg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scherer
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000401:mortality*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D065227:Transfusion Reaction