“It’s a precious gift, not to waste”: is routine cross matching necessary in orthopedics surgery? Retrospective study of 699 patients in 9 different procedures

“It’s a precious gift, not to waste”: is routine cross matching necessary in orthopedics surgery? Retrospective study of 699 patients in 9 different procedures

Abstract Background Orthopedic surgeries are usually associated with excessive blood loss which leads surgeons to overestimate need for blood transfusions and over ordering of blood. The cross matched blood, when not used, leads to the wastage of blood bank resources in terms of time, money and manp...

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Main Authors: Obada Hasan, Eraj Khurshid Khan, Moiz Ali, Sadaf Sheikh, Anam Fatima, Haroon U. Rashid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Blood crossmatch
Blood transfusion
CT ratio
MSBOS
Orthopedics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3613-9

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