title: Reply to: ESA guidelines on the management of severe perioperative bleeding.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria (SAKL), Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark (GI), Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (NRM), Department of Anaesthesia, Mother and Children's Section, Juliane Marie Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark and Department of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Service, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland (AA).
authors.forename: Sibylle A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kozek-Langenecker
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Imberger
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rahe-Meyer
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Afshari
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000592:standards*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards*