title: [Patient blood management--The inpatient care].
abstract: The multimodal concept of Patient Blood Management touches many aspects of in-hospital treatment. The goals are to preserve and strengthen the patients' own resources in order to avoid transfusion-associated adverse events. This can be achieved by meticulous minimization of perioperative blood loss and the enhancement and full utilization of individual anaemia tolerance. The transfusion of allogeneic blood products shall be guideline-based only. The proposed package of measures has immense potential to increase patient safety!
authors.forename: Dania
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Geisen
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steffen
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meybohm
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmitz-Rixen
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction