title: Blood Conservation.
abstract: Patient blood management requires multi-modality and multidisciplinary collaboration to identify patients who are at increased risk of requiring blood transfusion and therefore decrease exposure to blood products. Transfusion is associated with poor postoperative outcomes, and guidelines exist to minimize transfusion requirements. This review highlights recent studies and efforts to apply patient blood management across disease processes and health care systems.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Electronic address: j.martin@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Jeremiah T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ferraris
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000523:psychology*; D057668:Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: blood conservation; patient blood management; quality; transfusion