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Chegini A, Jamalian A, Abolhassani MR, Alavi AB. A review of issues and challenges of implementation of patient blood management. Asian J Transfus Sci 2024; 18:115-123. [PMID: 39036697 PMCID: PMC11259357 DOI: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_128_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 07/23/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Patient blood management (PBM) is outlined as evidence-based medical and surgical concepts with a multidisciplinary method. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this article is to review the PBM implementation and analyses the issues, challenges, and opportunities. METHODOLOGY In this article, we have an overview of PBM implementation in literature and our experience in one hospital in Iran. We used databases including Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, Google Scholar, Google, Science Direct, ProQuest, ISI Web of Knowledge, and PubMed to attain the related literature published in the English language. RESULTS There are different barriers and challenges of implementation of PBM, such as hospital culture confrontation, reduced staff with restricted time, lack of interdisciplinary conversation, change of practice, the lack of experience with PBM, the feasibility to integrate PBM, electronic documentation and schedule budget for required instruments, resources, and personnel. Hospitals differ globally in the aspect of infrastructure, personnel and properties, and it is necessary to individualize according to the local situation. CONCLUSION The review highlights the importance of PBM and its implementation for obtaining patient safety. PBM establishing in hospitals as a complex process have different challenges and barriers. Sharing experiences is essential to success in the PBM programs. Cooperation between countries will be useful in PBM spreading.
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- Azita Chegini
- Department of Immunohematology, Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Sorkheh Hesar, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cardiac and Cardiac Surgery, Shahid Lavasani Hospital, Sorkheh Hesar, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cardiac and Cardiac Surgery, Shahid Lavasani Hospital, Sorkheh Hesar, Tehran, Iran
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Trentino KM, Lloyd A, Swain SG, Trentino L, Gross I. Data and Metrics for Patient Blood Management: A Narrative Review and Practical Guide. Anesth Analg 2023:00000539-990000000-00615. [PMID: 37553085 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Data collection, analysis, and reporting are fundamental for a successful hospital-based patient blood management program; however, very little has been published on the topic. Our aim was to synthesize evidence from a literature review to provide a detailed, practical list of outcome metrics, and the required data collection(s) to inform implementation. Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed were searched for any full-text original research articles published from inception to the year 2020. We included any studies reporting the implementation of interventions or programs study authors defined as "patient blood management" and extracted information on data collected and metrics reported. We included 45 studies describing the implementation of a patient blood management program and/or strategies. The outcomes reported by these studies were grouped into 1 of 36 metrics. We compiled a list of 65 relevant data elements to collect, and their potential source hospital information systems: patient administration, laboratory, transfusion/blood bank, operating room, pharmacy, emergency department, and intensive care unit. We further categorized patient blood management data systems into basic, intermediate, and advanced based on the combination of different information systems sourced. The results of this review can be used to inform patient blood management programs in planning what data collection(s) are needed, where these data can be sourced from, and how they can be analyzed.
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- Kevin M Trentino
- From the Data and Digital Innovation, East Metropolitan Health Service, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- From the Data and Digital Innovation, East Metropolitan Health Service, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Data Analysis and Research, Datum Statista, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Emeritus, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine
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Kietaibl S, Ahmed A, Afshari A, Albaladejo P, Aldecoa C, Barauskas G, De Robertis E, Faraoni D, Filipescu DC, Fries D, Godier A, Haas T, Jacob M, Lancé MD, Llau JV, Meier J, Molnar Z, Mora L, Rahe-Meyer N, Samama CM, Scarlatescu E, Schlimp C, Wikkelsø AJ, Zacharowski K. Management of severe peri-operative bleeding: Guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care: Second update 2022. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2023; 40:226-304. [PMID: 36855941 DOI: 10.1097/eja.0000000000001803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Management of peri-operative bleeding is complex and involves multiple assessment tools and strategies to ensure optimal patient care with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality. These updated guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) aim to provide an evidence-based set of recommendations for healthcare professionals to help ensure improved clinical management. DESIGN A systematic literature search from 2015 to 2021 of several electronic databases was performed without language restrictions. Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) was used to assess the methodological quality of the included studies and to formulate recommendations. A Delphi methodology was used to prepare a clinical practice guideline. RESULTS These searches identified 137 999 articles. All articles were assessed, and the existing 2017 guidelines were revised to incorporate new evidence. Sixteen recommendations derived from the systematic literature search, and four clinical guidances retained from previous ESAIC guidelines were formulated. Using the Delphi process on 253 sentences of guidance, strong consensus (>90% agreement) was achieved in 97% and consensus (75 to 90% agreement) in 3%. DISCUSSION Peri-operative bleeding management encompasses the patient's journey from the pre-operative state through the postoperative period. Along this journey, many features of the patient's pre-operative coagulation status, underlying comorbidities, general health and the procedures that they are undergoing need to be taken into account. Due to the many important aspects in peri-operative nontrauma bleeding management, guidance as to how best approach and treat each individual patient are key. Understanding which therapeutic approaches are most valuable at each timepoint can only enhance patient care, ensuring the best outcomes by reducing blood loss and, therefore, overall morbidity and mortality. CONCLUSION All healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients at risk for surgical bleeding should be aware of the current therapeutic options and approaches that are available to them. These guidelines aim to provide specific guidance for bleeding management in a variety of clinical situations.
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- Sibylle Kietaibl
- From the Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna and Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna, Austria (SK), Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (AAh), Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK (AAh), Department of Paediatric and Obstetric Anaesthesia, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark (AAf), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (AAf), Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, CNRS/TIMC-IMAG UMR 5525/Themas, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France (PA), Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain (CA), Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (GB), Division of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, and Intensive Care - Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Italy (EDR), Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (DFa), University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Disease, Bucharest, Romania (DCF), Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (DFr), Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, APHP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France (AG), Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA (TH), Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St.-Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Straubing, Germany (MJ), Department of Anaesthesiology, Medical College East Africa, The Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya (MDL), Department of Anaesthesiology & Post-Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain (JVL), Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria (JM), Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (ZM), Department of Anaesthesiology & Post-Surgical Intensive Care, University Trauma Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (LM), Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany (NRM), Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, GHU AP-HP. Centre - Université Paris Cité - Cochin Hospital, Paris, France (CMS), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest and University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania (ES), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, AUVA Trauma Centre Linz and Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for Traumatology, The Research Centre in Co-operation with AUVA, Vienna, Austria (CS), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark (AW) and Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine & Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (KZ)
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Wyssusek KH, Wagner MK, Lee J, Okano S, Wullschleger M, van Zundert AA. Blood management practices during rapid transfer of urgent trauma patients pre- and post-implementation of ROTEM ®-guided transfusion. TRAUMA-ENGLAND 2023. [DOI: 10.1177/14604086231159687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Objective The ‘Red Blanket’ protocol fast tracks trauma patients with severe blood loss to the designated trauma operating theatre directly from the hospital helipad or Emergency Department. This study aimed to assess the impact of patient blood management (PBM) strategies on severely injured trauma patients treated under the ‘Red Blanket’ protocol at a quaternary referral hospital. Methods This retrospective review was conducted on all urgent trauma cases that were treated under the ‘Red Blanket’ protocol in a ten-year period between January 2007 and December 2017. The use of blood products and patient outcomes was compared between the 3.5-year periods pre- and post-ROTEM® implementation on 30th June 2014 (Jan 2011-June 2014 versus July 2014-Dec 2017). Results During the study period, 120 trauma patients were treated under the ‘Red Blanket’ protocol at our institution. Intention to treat analysis showed a reduction in fresh frozen plasma usage following the introduction of ROTEM®-guided transfusion. Furthermore, subgroup analysis suggested reduced blood product usage in patients who survived. Conclusions Patient blood management is a coordinated package of systems and tools, including education, patient logistics, anaemia management, intraoperative cell salvage, rotational thromboelastometry and massive transfusion protocols that together conserve blood products and improve outcomes. The implementation of ROTEM®-guided transfusion demonstrated a reduction in fresh frozen plasma usage.
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- Kerstin H. Wyssusek
- Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, St Herston, QLD, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, St Herston, QLD, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, St Herston, QLD, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Statistics Unit, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
- Department of Trauma Service, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, St Herston, QLD, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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Tatar M, Alkış N, Yıldırım Güçlü Ç, Bermede O, Erdemli B, Günaydın S. Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Comprehensive Anemia Management, The First Pillar of Patient Blood Management, on the Turkish Healthcare System. CLINICOECONOMICS AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH 2022; 14:415-426. [PMID: 35669886 PMCID: PMC9166278 DOI: 10.2147/ceor.s360944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Mehtap Tatar
- Polar Health Economics and Policy, Ankara, Turkey
- Correspondence: Mehtap Tatar, Polar Health Economics and Policy, Mustafa Kemal Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı No:266 Tepe Prime İş Merkezi A Blok No 18, 06800 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey, Tel +90 532 5538324, Email
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital Campus, Ankara, Turkey
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Beal EW, Tsung A, McAlearney AS, Gregory M, Nyein KP, Scrape S, Pawlik TM. Evaluation of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practice and Knowledge Among Cancer Surgeons. J Gastrointest Surg 2021; 25:2928-2938. [PMID: 33464554 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-020-04899-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Transfusion of blood products has a negative impact on surgical and cancer outcomes. The objective of the current study was to evaluate surgeons' practice and knowledge of red blood cell transfusion for surgical patients. METHODS A survey of residents, fellows, and faculty surgeons at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and surgeons who identified as taking care of cancer patients nationally was conducted. Four domains were addressed including perceived preoperative assessment and management of anemia, perceived use of transfusion alternatives, perceived use of and factors influencing packed red blood cell administration, and transfusion practice knowledge. RESULTS Among 158 respondents, 87 (64.5%) were surgeons on faculty at an academic medical center, 26 (19%) were surgeons in private practice, and 24 (15.2%) were surgical residents or fellows. The majority of respondents were surgical oncologists or hepatobiliary surgeons (N = 83, 62.0%) and had been in practice > 10 years (> 10-15 N = 28, 20.6%) and > 15 years N = 59, 43.4%). Only thirteen (N = 13, 8.2%) surgeons reported that they routinely complete a preoperative anemia workup. The majority of providers reported that they rarely or never use alternatives to transfusion such as erythropoietin (N = 135, 91.8%), tranexamic acid (N = 140, 94.6%), autologous blood transfusion (N = 141, 95.3%), or cell saver for benign (N = 107, 72.3%) or malignant cases (N = 133, 90.4%). Provider transfusion knowledge was variable. CONCLUSIONS Surgeons varied widely in their transfusion practice and knowledge. Further education of surgeons regarding transfusion medicine and practice, as well as use of transfusion alternatives, could lead to improved patient outcomes. Patient blood management programs may help inform individual surgeon practices.
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- Eliza W Beal
- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite 670, Columbus, OH, USA.,Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST), Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite 670, Columbus, OH, USA.,Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST), Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST), Columbus, OH, USA.,Department of Family and Community, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.,Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST), Columbus, OH, USA.,Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST), Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite 670, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Pearse BL, Keogh S, Rickard CM, Fung YL. Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence based bleeding management in Australian Cardiac Surgery Units: a qualitative interview study analysed with the theoretical domains framework and COM-B model. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:550. [PMID: 34090421 PMCID: PMC8178922 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06269-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Bleeding during cardiac surgery is a common complication that often requires the transfusion of blood products. The combination of bleeding and blood product transfusion incrementally increases adverse outcomes including infection and mortality. Following bleeding management guideline recommendations could assist with minimising risk but adherence is not high, and the cause for lack of adherence is not well understood. This study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to practicing and implementing evidenced-based intra-operative, bleeding management in Australian cardiac surgery units. Methods We used a qualitative descriptive design to conduct semi-structured interviews with Australian cardiac surgeons, anaesthetists and perfusionists. The Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) was utilised to guide interviews and thematically analyse the data. Categorised data were then linked with the three key domains of the COM-B model (capability, opportunity, motivation - behaviour) to explore and understand behaviour. Results Seventeen interviews were completed. Nine of the 14 TDF domains emerged as significant. Analysis revealed key themes to improving capability included, standardisation, monitoring, auditing and feedback of data and cross discipline training. Opportunity for change was improved with interpersonal and interdepartmental collaboration through shared goals, and more efficient and supportive processes allowing clinicians to navigate unfamiliar business and financial models of health care. Results suggest as individuals, clinicians had the motivation to make change and healthcare organisations have an obligation and a responsibility to partner with clinicians to support change and improve goal directed best practice. Conclusion Using a theory-based approach it was possible to identify factors which may be positively or negatively influence clinicians ability to implement best practice bleeding management in Australian cardiac surgical units. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-021-06269-8.
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- Bronwyn L Pearse
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. .,Departments of Surgery, Anaesthesia and Critical Care, The Prince Charles Hospital, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia. .,School of Health & Sports Sciences, University of Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia.
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- School of Nursing and Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia.,Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Health & Sports Sciences, University of Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia
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Gandhi A, Görlinger K, Nair SC, Kapoor PM, Trikha A, Mehta Y, Handoo A, Karlekar A, Kotwal J, John J, Apte S, Vohra V, Gupta G, Tiwari AK, Rani A, Singh SA. Patient blood management in India - Review of current practices and feasibility of applying appropriate standard of care guidelines. A position paper by an interdisciplinary expert group. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 2021; 37:3-13. [PMID: 34103816 PMCID: PMC8174427 DOI: 10.4103/joacp.joacp_410_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In a developing country like India, with limited resources and access to healthcare facilities, dealing with massive hemorrhage is a major challenge. This challenge gets compounded by pre-existing anemia, hemostatic disorders, and logistic issues of timely transfer of such patients from peripheral hospitals to centers with adequate resources and management expertise. Despite the awareness amongst healthcare providers regarding management modalities of bleeding patients, no uniform Patient Blood Management (PBM) or perioperative bleeding management protocols have been implemented in India, yet. In light of this, an interdisciplinary expert group came together, comprising of experts working in transfusion medicine, hematology, obstetrics, anesthesiology and intensive care, to review current practices in management of bleeding in Indian healthcare institutions and evaluating the feasibility of implementing uniform PBM guidelines. The specific intent was to perform a gap analysis between the ideal and the current status in terms of practices and resources. The expert group identified interdisciplinary education in PBM and bleeding management, bleeding history, viscoelastic and platelet function testing, and the implementation of validated, setting-specific bleeding management protocols (algorithms) as important tools in PBM and perioperative bleeding management. Here, trauma, major surgery, postpartum hemorrhage, cardiac and liver surgery are the most common clinical settings associated with massive blood loss. Accordingly, PBM should be implemented as a multidisciplinary and practically applicable concept in India in a timely manner in order to optimize the use the precious resource blood and to increase patients' safety.
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- Ajay Gandhi
- Head - Clinical Affairs, Instrumentation Laboratory India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India
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- Medical Director, TEM Innovations/PBM Instrumentation Laboratory, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, In Charge Trauma Intensive Care Unit and Trauma Anaesthesia, JPN Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, BLK Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Haematology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Sahayadri Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Liver Transplant Anaesthesia, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Medical Director and Head, Laboratory and Blood Bank, Santokhba Durlabhji Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Department of Liver Transplant Anaesthesia, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Preoperative Anemia Treatment with Intravenous Iron Therapy in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review. Adv Ther 2021; 38:1447-1469. [PMID: 33580485 PMCID: PMC7932933 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-021-01628-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Introduction Preoperative anemia is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. As a result of the increased incidence of chronic blood loss and iron deficiency anemia in abdominal surgery patients and its impact on patient outcomes, we systematically evaluated the quality of evidence for preoperative intravenous (IV) administration of iron to patients with anemia undergoing major abdominal surgery with the focus on clinical outcomes. Methods In this systematic review, PubMed, Cochrane, The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web Of Science, and Excerpta Medica Database databases were searched up to 2019 using specific keywords. Inclusion criteria were patients that were over 18 years of age, underwent abdominal surgery, and received an IV iron treatment in the preoperative setting. Results The nine studies included in the final systematic review do not provide consistent evidence of a reduced incidence of allogeneic blood transfusions with preoperative IV iron administration. However, IV iron administration did consistently cause a significant increase in hemoglobin levels relative to oral iron therapy or no iron. Conclusion Overall, these findings are consistent in that IV iron administration is highly effective at rapidly increasing hemoglobin levels in patients with iron deficiency anemia undergoing major abdominal surgery. Unfortunately, there is currently no evidence of reduced incidence of allogeneic blood transfusions or other enhanced outcomes. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12325-021-01628-7.
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Shin HJ, Kim JH, Park Y, Ahn KH, Jung JS, Park JH. Effect of patient blood management system and feedback programme on appropriateness of transfusion: An experience of Asia's first Bloodless Medicine Center on a hospital basis. Transfus Med 2020; 31:55-62. [PMID: 33368693 DOI: 10.1111/tme.12754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patient blood management (PBM) programmes minimise red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and improve patient outcomes worldwide. This study evaluated the effect of a multidisciplinary, collaborative PBM programme on the appropriateness of RBC transfusion in medical and surgical departments at a hospital level. METHODS/MATERIALS In 2018, the revised PBM programme was launched at the Korea University Anam Hospital, a tertiary hospital with 1048 hospital beds and the first Asian institution where a new computer PBM programme was implemented. Monthly RBC usage and adequacy were analysed from January 2018 to December 2019. The trend of adequacy over time was assessed. RESULTS A total of 2 201 021 patients were hospitalised and visited an outpatient clinic. The number of RBC units transfused per 10 000 patients decreased from 139.8 for 2018 to 137.3 for 2019. The proportion of patients with Hb <7 g/dL receiving RBC transfusion increased significantly: 29.1%, 34.5%, 40.4% and 40.6% for periods 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively (p < 0.001). The appropriateness of RBC transfusion significantly increased for medical (35.2%, 41.5%, 49.6% and 74.3% for periods 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively [p < 0.001]) and surgical (37.8%, 33.3%, 45.5% and 71.1% for periods 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively [p < 0.001]) departments. CONCLUSION Implementation of a PBM programme through a multidisciplinary clinical community approach increased the appropriateness of RBC transfusion in medical and surgical departments. Therefore, expanding publicity and PBM education to health care providers is important to maintain the appropriateness of blood transfusion.
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- Hyeon Ju Shin
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Bloodless Medicine Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Althoff FC, Wachtendorf LJ, Rostin P, Santer P, Schaefer MS, Xu X, Grabitz SD, Chitilian H, Houle TT, Brat GA, Akeju O, Eikermann M. Effects of night surgery on postoperative mortality and morbidity: a multicentre cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf 2020; 30:678-688. [DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-011684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BackgroundSurgery at night (incision time 17:00 to 07:00 hours) may lead to increased postoperative mortality and morbidity. Mechanisms explaining this association remain unclear.MethodsWe conducted a multicentre retrospective cohort study of adult patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery with general anaesthesia at two major, competing tertiary care hospital networks. In primary analysis, we imputed missing data and determined whether exposure to night surgery affects 30-day mortality using a mixed-effects model with individual anaesthesia and surgical providers as random effects. Secondary outcomes were 30-day morbidity and the mediating effect of blood transfusion rates and provider handovers on the effect of night surgery on outcomes. We further tested for effect modification by surgical setting.ResultsAmong 350 235 participants in the primary imputed cohort, the mortality rate was 0.9% (n=2804/322 327) after day and 3.4% (n=940/27 908) after night surgery. Night surgery was associated with an increased risk of mortality (ORadj 1.26, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.38, p<0.001). In secondary analyses, night surgery was associated with increased morbidity (ORadj 1.41, 95% CI 1.33 to 1.48, p<0.001). The proportion of patients receiving intraoperative blood transfusion and anaesthesia handovers were higher during night-time, mediating 9.4% (95% CI 4.7% to 14.2%, p<0.001) of the effect of night surgery on 30-day mortality and 8.4% (95% CI 6.7% to 10.1%, p<0.001) of its effect on morbidity. The primary association was modified by the surgical setting (p-for-interaction<0.001), towards a greater effect in patients undergoing ambulatory/same-day surgery (ORadj 1.81, 95% CI 1.39 to 2.35) compared with inpatients (ORadj 1.17, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.34).ConclusionsNight surgery was associated with an increased risk of postoperative mortality and morbidity. The effect was independent of case acuity and was mediated by potentially preventable factors: higher blood transfusion rates and more frequent provider handovers.
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Tankard KA, Park B, Brovman EY, Bader AM, Urman RD. The Impact of Preoperative Intravenous Iron Therapy on Perioperative Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review. J Hematol 2020; 9:97-108. [PMID: 33224389 PMCID: PMC7665859 DOI: 10.14740/jh696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Anemia is common in cardiac surgery affecting 25-40% of patients and associated with increased blood transfusions, morbidity, mortality, and higher hospital costs. Higher rates of stroke, acute renal injury, and total number of adverse postoperative outcomes have also been reported to be associated with preoperative anemia. This systematic review assessed the current evidence for preoperative intravenous iron on major outcomes following cardiac surgery. Methods Outcome measures included postoperative hemoglobin, transfusion rates, major adverse events, and mortality. The review was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, and articles were identified using PubMed, Cochrane, CLINAHL, WOS, and EMBASE databases. Articles were included if they compared patients with and without preoperative anemia based on treatment with intravenous iron. Quality was assessed using Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool and Newcastle-Ottawa scale, and strength of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach. Results Of the articles reviewed, six met inclusion criteria. These included four randomized double-blind prospective cohort studies, one randomized non-blinded prospective study, and one non-randomized non-blinded prospective study with historical control. Across studies, 1,038 patients were enrolled. Two studies showed higher hemoglobin with iron therapy, and only one study showed significant differences in multiple outcomes such as transfusion and morbidity. Conclusions Given the paucity of studies and biases within them, the current evidence for treatment with intravenous iron prior to cardiac surgery is weak. More evidence is needed to support the administration of preoperative intravenous iron in cardiac surgery patients.
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- Kelly A Tankard
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 800 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Smith A, Moon T, Pak T, Park B, Urman RD. Preoperative Anemia Treatment With Intravenous Iron in Patients Undergoing Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil 2020; 11:2151459320935094. [PMID: 32637197 PMCID: PMC7323265 DOI: 10.1177/2151459320935094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Introduction Based upon the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, iron deficiency anemia is the cause of at least 20% of cases of anemia in adults over the age of 65. This is especially relevant in patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery as substantial perioperative blood loss is possible, leading to a high rate of allogeneic blood transfusion in total hip replacements, total knee replacements, and hip fracture repairs. Significance The results of this systematic review may be of interest to clinicians and hospital administrators evaluating the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of intravenous (IV) iron administration prior to major orthopedic surgery. Materials and Methods The original studies considered for this review included patients who were over 18 years of age, undergoing major orthopedic surgery, and who received an IV iron treatment in the preoperative setting. A total of 1083 articles were identified and reviewed. After removing duplicates, 1031 publications were screened, and 105 full-text studies were assessed for eligibility. A total of 98 were excluded and 7 articles remained which met the criteria for this review. The primary outcome examined in the included studies was the allogeneic blood transfusion rate. The secondary areas of interest were changes in serum hemoglobin, morbidity and mortality, length of stay, and cost effectiveness. Results This systematic review found little evidence that IV iron therapy is effective at reducing transfusion in patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery. Conclusions We do not recommend preoperative IV iron therapy for all patients scheduled for major orthopedic surgery.
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- Aaron Smith
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Pain and Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Pain and Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Surgery and Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Meybohm P, Westphal S, Ravn HB, Ranucci M, Agarwal S, Choorapoikayil S, Spahn DR, Ahmed AB, Froessler B, Zacharowski K. Perioperative Anemia Management as Part of PBM in Cardiac Surgery – A Narrative Updated Review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020; 34:1060-1073. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Patient blood management is a highly successful and cost-effective concept that improves patient outcome by correction of anemia with hematinic medication and reduction of blood loss perioperatively by meticulous surgical techniques and individualized coagulation management.
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Meybohm P, Straub N, Füllenbach C, Judd L, Kleinerüschkamp A, Taeuber I, Zacharowski K, Choorapoikayil S. Health economics of Patient Blood Management: a cost-benefit analysis based on a meta-analysis. Vox Sang 2019; 115:182-188. [PMID: 31823382 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Patient Blood Management (PBM) is the timely application of evidence-based medical and surgical concepts designed to improve haemoglobin concentration, optimize haemostasis and minimize blood loss in an effort to improve patient outcomes. The focus of this cost-benefit analysis is to analyse the economic benefit of widespread implementation of a multimodal PBM programme. MATERIALS AND METHODS Based on a recent meta-analysis including 17 studies (>235 000 patients) comparing PBM with control care and data from the University Hospital Frankfurt, a cost-benefit analysis was performed. Outcome data were red blood cell (RBC) transfusion rate, number of transfused RBC units, and length of hospital stay (LOS). Costs were considered for the following three PBM interventions as examples: anaemia management including therapy of iron deficiency, use of cell salvage and tranexamic acid. For sensitivity analysis, a Monte Carlo simulation was performed. RESULTS Iron supplementation was applied in 3·1%, cell salvage in 65% and tranexamic acid in 89% of the PBM patients. In total, applying these three PBM interventions costs €129·04 per patient. However, PBM was associated with a reduction in transfusion rate, transfused RBC units per patient, and LOS which yielded to mean savings of €150·64 per patient. Thus, the overall benefit of PBM implementation was €21·60 per patient. In the Monte Carlo simulation, the cost savings on the outcome side exceeded the PBM costs in approximately 2/3 of all repetitions and the total benefit was €1 878 000 in 100·000 simulated patients. CONCLUSION Resources to implement a multimodal PBM concept optimizing patient care and safety can be cost-effectively.
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- Patrick Meybohm
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.,Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Market Research, Statistics and Prognosis, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Murphy MF, Palmer A. Patient blood management as the standard of care. HEMATOLOGY. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY. EDUCATION PROGRAM 2019; 2019:583-589. [PMID: 31808828 PMCID: PMC6913475 DOI: 10.1182/hematology.2019000063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Blood transfusion is one of the most common hospital procedures in developed countries. However, inappropriate use of blood transfusion is common, and this is of considerable concern because transfusion is known to be associated with adverse events and is costly. Reductions in blood use have resulted from recent evidence indicating that restrictive use of red blood cell transfusions is associated with similar patient outcomes to liberal strategies and from a focus on patient blood management (PBM), which recognizes the importance of conserving the patient's own blood alongside the judicious use of transfusion. A recent Consensus Conference in Frankfurt developed practice and research recommendations for PBM but also indicated that additional studies are needed to provide better evidence for PBM interventions, including for improved patient outcomes and lower hospital costs as well as for reductions in blood utilization. In the meanwhile, it is of utmost importance to translate PBM guidelines into practical day-to-day recommendations and encourage their use to make PBM "the standard of care."
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- Michael F Murphy
- National Health Service Blood & Transplant, Oxford, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals and University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Derzon JH, Clarke N, Alford A, Gross I, Shander A, Thurer R. Restrictive Transfusion Strategy and Clinical Decision Support Practices for Reducing RBC Transfusion Overuse. Am J Clin Pathol 2019; 152:544-557. [PMID: 31305890 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Assess support for the effectiveness of two separate practices, restrictive transfusion strategy and computerized physician order entry/clinical decision support (CPOE/CDS) tools, in decreasing RBC transfusions in adult surgical and nonsurgical patients. METHODS Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory Medicine Best Practice (LMBP) Systematic Review (A-6) method, studies were assessed for quality and evidence of effectiveness in reducing the percentage of patients transfused and/or units of blood transfused. RESULTS Twenty-five studies on restrictive transfusion practice and seven studies on CPOE/CDS practice met LMBP inclusion criteria. The overall strength of the body of evidence of effectiveness for restrictive transfusion strategy and CPOE/CDS was rated as high. CONCLUSIONS Based on these procedures, adherence to an institutional restrictive transfusion strategy and use of CPOE/CDS tools for hemoglobin alerts or reminders of the institution's restrictive transfusion policies are effective in reducing RBC transfusion overuse.
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- National Network of Public Health Institutes, Washington, DC
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- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ
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Patient Blood Management Program Improves Blood Use and Clinical Outcomes in Orthopedic Surgery. Anesthesiology 2019; 129:1082-1091. [PMID: 30124488 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000002397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC WHAT THIS ARTICLE TELLS US THAT IS NEW: BACKGROUND:: Although randomized trials show that patients do well when given less blood, there remains a persistent impression that orthopedic surgery patients require a higher hemoglobin transfusion threshold than other patient populations (8 g/dl vs. 7 g/dl). The authors tested the hypothesis in orthopedic patients that implementation of a patient blood management program encouraging a hemoglobin threshold less than 7 g/dl results in decreased blood use with no change in clinical outcomes. METHODS After launching a multifaceted patient blood management program, the authors retrospectively evaluated all adult orthopedic patients, comparing transfusion practices and clinical outcomes in the pre- and post-blood management cohorts. Risk adjustment accounted for age, sex, surgical procedure, and case mix index. RESULTS After patient blood management implementation, the mean hemoglobin threshold decreased from 7.8 ± 1.0 g/dl to 6.8 ± 1.0 g/dl (P < 0.0001). Erythrocyte use decreased by 32.5% (from 338 to 228 erythrocyte units per 1,000 patients; P = 0.0007). Clinical outcomes improved, with decreased morbidity (from 1.3% to 0.54%; P = 0.01), composite morbidity or mortality (from 1.5% to 0.75%; P = 0.035), and 30-day readmissions (from 9.0% to 5.8%; P = 0.0002). Improved outcomes were primarily recognized in patients 65 yr of age and older. After risk adjustment, patient blood management was independently associated with decreased composite morbidity or mortality (odds ratio, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.22 to 0.86; P = 0.016). CONCLUSIONS In a retrospective study, patient blood management was associated with reduced blood use with similar or improved clinical outcomes in orthopedic surgery. A hemoglobin threshold of 7 g/dl appears to be safe for many orthopedic patients.
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Delaforce A, Moore D, Duff J, Munday J, Hardy J. Assessing transfusion practice in elective surgical patients: a baseline audit. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/voxs.12496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Alana Delaforce
- Mater Health Services South Brisbane QLD Australia
- University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW Australia
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- Mater Health Services South Brisbane QLD Australia
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- University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology Brisbane QLD Australia
- University of Agder Grimstad Norway
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- Mater Health Services South Brisbane QLD Australia
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Abeysiri S, Chau M, Highton D, Richards T. Management of the patient presenting with anaemia in the preoperative setting. Transfus Apher Sci 2019; 58:392-396. [PMID: 31285132 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2019.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Preoperative anaemia is common, seen in a third of patients before major surgery. Both preoperative anaemia and blood transfusion are associated with increased patient risk and adverse outcome. Patient Blood Management (PBM) is the multidisciplinary, multimodal approach to optimising the care of patients who may require blood transfusion. Guidelines exist with many recommendations throughout the perioperative pathway. However, the efficacy of individual recommendations as an intervention in terms of clinical outcome can be confusing. In the UK the first national audit of PBM in surgery was carried out in 2015. This reviewed the use and impact of PBM recommendations in hospitals throughout the UK where major surgery was undertaken. The current evidence base for these PBM recommendations was reviewed and the patient outcome in terms of blood transfusion use and length of hospital stay assessed in those where PBM interventions were followed. For the patient who presents with preoperative anaemia, 'quick wins' were identified that reduced blood transfusion use and reduced length of stay in hospital; preoperative discontinuation of anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy, and intraoperative use of tranexamic acid and cell salvage.
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- Sandaruwani Abeysiri
- Division of Surgery, University College London, Charles Bell House, Fitzrovia, W1W 7TS, United Kingdom.
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- Division of Surgery, University College London, Charles Bell House, Fitzrovia, W1W 7TS, United Kingdom
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- Dept of Anaesthesia, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
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- Division of Surgery, University College London, Charles Bell House, Fitzrovia, W1W 7TS, United Kingdom; Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perkins South Building, Perth, 6150, Australia
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To improve quality and outcomes, a preoperative anemia clinic (PAC) was established to screen, evaluate, and manage preoperative anemia. A retrospective review of primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty patients from August 2013 to September 2017 was conducted. Patients at "high risk" for transfusion were referred to PAC for treatment with iron, erythropoietin, or both based on anemia type. Preoperative anemia clinic referred patients were compared with a 1:3 historic propensity-matched control set of patients to help determine impact of PAC. Forty PAC patients were compared with 120 control patients. Among PAC patients, 26 (63.41%) received iron only, 3 (7.32%) received erythropoietin (EPO) only, and 12 (29.27%) received both. Preoperative hemoglobin significantly increased in the treatment group (median [interquartile range] 10.9 g/dl [10.3-11.2] vs. 12.0 g/dl [11.2-12.7]; p < .001). Four PAC patients (10.00%) received red blood cell transfusions compared with 29 (24.17%) from matched controls (p = .055). In addition, the PAC cohort had higher postoperative nadir hemoglobin levels (mean [SD] 9.7 g/dl [1.31] vs. 8.7 g/dl [1.25]; p < .001). High-risk patients appropriately treated with iron and/or EPO before surgery demonstrate a significant increase in preoperative hemoglobin, trend toward decrease perioperative transfusion, and increased hemoglobin levels postoperatively compared with matched controls.
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Colomina MJ, Olmedilla L, Villanueva MÁ, Bisbe E. Assessment of the knowledge level of the professional as regards Patient Blood Management in their organisation. Results of the MAPBM project survey. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 2019; 66:315-323. [PMID: 31014916 DOI: 10.1016/j.redar.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The Maturity Assessment Model in Patient Blood Management project involves the use of a matrix that evaluates the maturity of the centre as regards blood transfusion practice. This tool includes a questionnaire to be completed by physicians to determine their level of knowledge of patient blood management strategies in their centre. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty one hospitals took part in the Maturity Assessment Model in Patient Blood Management project in 2016. The questionnaire included 10 questions, 3 about the centre, specialty, and years of experience, and 7 about patient blood management protocols in the respondent's centre. The minimum responses required per centre was calculated according to the number of beds. Responses from at least 3 different specialties were required in order to be evaluated. RESULTS A total of 1403 questionnaires were completed. The specialty with the highest completion rate was anaesthesiology (40.9%). The distribution as regards professional experience was homogeneous: <10 years, 33.4%, 10-20 years, 33%, and> 20 years 33.6%. Nearly three-quarters (74.2%) knew the patient blood management protocol used in their centre, and 60.7% knew the protocol for the treatment of pre-operative anaemia. Slightly fewer (72%) reported knowing the blood transfusion protocol (transfusion threshold) used in their centre, and 90% considered other factors besides haemoglobin in the decision to transfuse. Only 30.7% of professionals reported receiving periodic information on transfusion practices. CONCLUSIONS There is a significant lack of knowledge about preoperative anaemia and perioperative transfusion protocols used in the centres polled. Few centres provide their physicians with information on transfusion practices.
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- M J Colomina
- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
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- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, España
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- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, España
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Gob A, Bhalla A, Aseltine L, Chin-Yee I. Reducing two-unit red cell transfusions on the oncology ward: a choosing wisely initiative. BMJ Open Qual 2019; 8:e000521. [PMID: 31206060 PMCID: PMC6542431 DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 02/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background/context Despite Choosing Wisely recommendations for single unit red blood cell transfusion orders, ~50% of orders on the oncology ward at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) were for two units. The oncology ward at LHSC is a 60 bed tertiary care unit. In mid 2016, LHSC was 18 months into its implementation of computerised provider order entry (CPOE). Aim/objectives By December 2017, increase the proportion of one-unit red cell transfusion orders on the oncology ward from 50% to 80% Measures Outcome: % one-unit red cell transfusion orders (aggregated monthly). Improvement/innovation/change ideas Our initial theory was that unawareness of the guidelines (established in 2014) and subscription to the obsolete doctrine of two-unit transfusions were the primary behavioural drivers. Initial change ideas included an educational/awareness blitz including rounds presentations, memos and posters. Failure led us to revisit our hypothesis and carry out a real-time audit, where our team was notified on each two-unit transfusion. This revealed the true root cause: the overwhelming majority of two-unit transfusions could be traced back to standing orders that were entered on an admission order set. After provider engagement, we proceeded to remove all admission order sets containing two-unit transfusions. Impact/lessons learned/results After order set removal, our one-unit transfusion rate rose to 86% and was sustained for 17 months. We learnt two primary lessons. First that CPOE and poor order set design combined to perpetuate poor ordering practices. Second that revisiting our hypothesis and engaging in thoughtful root cause analysis that included direct observation ultimately led to an effective, sustainable solution. Discussion/spread Our study underscores the importance of executing root cause analysis on a microsystem level. We would expect the factors driving poor performance to be completely different on a service such as general internal medicine. Our study also highlights the potential pitfalls of CPOE and the importance of regular order set review to ensure adherence to current evidence.
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- Alan Gob
- Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.,Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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Görlinger K, Pérez-Ferrer A, Dirkmann D, Saner F, Maegele M, Calatayud ÁAP, Kim TY. The role of evidence-based algorithms for rotational thromboelastometry-guided bleeding management. Korean J Anesthesiol 2019; 72:297-322. [PMID: 31096732 PMCID: PMC6676023 DOI: 10.4097/kja.19169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) is a point-of-care viscoelastic method and enables to assess viscoelastic profiles of whole blood in various clinical settings. ROTEM-guided bleeding management has become an essential part of patient blood management (PBM) which is an important concept in improving patient safety. Here, ROTEM testing and hemostatic interventions should be linked by evidence-based, setting-specific algorithms adapted to the specific patient population of the hospitals and the local availability of hemostatic interventions. Accordingly, ROTEM-guided algorithms implement the concept of personalized or precision medicine in perioperative bleeding management (‘theranostic’ approach). ROTEM-guided PBM has been shown to be effective in reducing bleeding, transfusion requirements, complication rates, and health care costs. Accordingly, several randomized-controlled trials, meta-analyses, and health technology assessments provided evidence that using ROTEM-guided algorithms in bleeding patients resulted in improved patient’s safety and outcomes including perioperative morbidity and mortality. However, the implementation of ROTEM in the PBM concept requires adequate technical and interpretation training, education and logistics, as well as interdisciplinary communication and collaboration.
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- Klaus Görlinger
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.,Tem Innovations, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Infanta Sofia University Hospital, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department for Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, CologneMerheim Medical Center (CMMC), Cologne, Germany.,Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University Witten/Herdecke (UW/H), Campus Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, Germany
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- Terapia Intensiva Adultos, Hospital de Especialidades del Niño y la Mujer, Coordinador Grupo Mexicano para el Estudio de la Medicina Intensiva, Colegio Mexicano de Especialistas en Obstetrica Critica (COMEOC), Queretarco, Mexico
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Abdullah HR, Ang AL, Froessler B, Hofmann A, Jang JH, Kim YW, Lasocki S, Lee JJ, Lee SY, Lim KKC, Singh G, Spahn DR, Um TH. Getting patient blood management Pillar 1 right in the Asia-Pacific: a call for action. Singapore Med J 2019; 61:287-296. [PMID: 31044255 DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2019037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Preoperative anaemia is common in the Asia-Pacific. Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a risk factor that can be addressed under patient blood management (PBM) Pillar 1, leading to reduced morbidity and mortality. We examined PBM implementation under four different healthcare systems, identified challenges and proposed several measures: (a) Test for anaemia once patients are scheduled for surgery. (b) Inform patients about risks of preoperative anaemia and benefits of treatment. (c) Treat IDA and replenish iron stores before surgery, using intravenous iron when oral treatment is ineffective, not tolerated or when rapid iron replenishment is needed; transfusion should not be the default management. (d) Harness support from multiple medical disciplines and relevant bodies to promote PBM implementation. (e) Demonstrate better outcomes and cost savings from reduced mortality and morbidity. Although PBM implementation may seem complex and daunting, it is feasible to start small. Implementing PBM Pillar 1, particularly in preoperative patients, is a sensible first step regardless of the healthcare setting.
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- Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia.,Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Cancer Control and Population Health, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, South Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Emergency, Angers University Hospital, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University, South Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Haematology Division, National University Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Pahang, Malaysia
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- Division of Hip and Knee Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.,Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore
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- Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, South Korea
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Derzon J, Alford A, Clarke N, Gross I, Shander A, Thurer R. Anemia Management and Audit Feedback Practices for Reducing Overuse of RBC Transfusion: A Laboratory Medicine Best Practice Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Clin Pathol 2019; 151:18-28. [PMID: 30357323 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of anemia management and audit with feedback practices in reducing overuse of RBC transfusion. Methods This review follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Laboratory Medicine Best Practice Systematic Review (A-6) method. We searched the literature and solicited unpublished studies on practices to reduce overuse of RBC transfusions as measured by reductions in units transfused and proportion of patients transfused. Results Thirteen studies on preoperative anemia management and three studies on audit feedback practices met inclusion criteria. Strength of evidence was high to moderate for reducing the number of units and proportion of patients transfused. Conclusions Preoperative anemia management reduces the proportion of patients transfused and units of RBCs transfused. Audit with feedback across cases, physicians, and/or service areas, as part of a continuous quality improvement practice, reduces the proportion of patients and units of RBCs transfused.
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- James Derzon
- RTI International, Social, Statistical, and Environmental Sciences, Washington, DC
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- National Network of Public Health Institutes, Research and Evaluation, Washington, DC
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- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ
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Yates J, Perelman I, Khair S, Taylor J, Lampron J, Tinmouth A, Saidenberg E. Exclusion criteria and adverse events in perioperative trials of tranexamic acid: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transfusion 2018; 59:806-824. [PMID: 30516835 DOI: 10.1111/trf.15030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an inexpensive therapy effective at minimizing perioperative blood loss and transfusion. However, it remains underutilized due to safety concerns. To date, no evidence-based guidelines exist identifying which patients should not receive TXA therapy. This study determined patient groups for whom safety information regarding TXA is lacking due to common exclusion from perioperative TXA trials. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A systematic review searching the databases Medline, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and Clinicaltrials.gov was performed. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) administering systemic TXA perioperatively to elective or emergent surgery patients were eligible. Our primary outcome was to describe exclusion criteria of RCTs, and the secondary outcome was TXA safety. A descriptive synthesis of exclusion criteria was performed, and TXA safety was assessed by meta-analysis. RESULTS A total of 268 eligible RCTs were included. Meta-analysis showed that systemic TXA did not increase risk of adverse events compared to placebo or no intervention (relative risk, 1.05; 95% confidence interval, 0.99-1.12). Patient groups commonly excluded from perioperative TXA trials, and thus potentially lacking TXA safety data, were those with major comorbidities, a history of thromboembolism, medication use affecting coagulation, TXA allergy, and coagulopathy. Exclusion of patients with major comorbidities may not be necessary; we showed that the risk of adverse events was similar in studies that excluded patients with major comorbidities and those that did not. CONCLUSION Sufficient evidence exists to develop perioperative guidelines for TXA use in many populations. Further studies evaluating perioperative TXA use in patients with a history of thromboembolism are warranted.
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- Jeffrey Yates
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Soril LJJ, Noseworthy TW, Dowsett LE, Memedovich K, Holitzki HM, Lorenzetti DL, Stelfox HT, Zygun DA, Clement FM. Behaviour modification interventions to optimise red blood cell transfusion practices: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2018; 8:e019912. [PMID: 29776919 PMCID: PMC5961610 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of behaviour modification interventions to promote restrictive red blood cell (RBC) transfusion practices. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, INTERVENTIONS Seven electronic databases were searched to January 2018. Published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or non-randomised studies examining an intervention to modify healthcare providers' RBC transfusion practice in any healthcare setting were included. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES The primary outcome was the proportion of patients transfused. Secondary outcomes included the proportion of inappropriate transfusions, RBC units transfused per patient, in-hospital mortality, length of stay (LOS), pretransfusion haemoglobin and healthcare costs. Meta-analysis was conducted using a random-effects model and meta-regression was performed in cases of heterogeneity. Publication bias was assessed by Begg's funnel plot. RESULTS Eighty-four low to moderate quality studies were included: 3 were RCTs and 81 were non-randomised studies. Thirty-one studies evaluated a single intervention, 44 examined a multimodal intervention. The comparator in all studies was standard of care or historical control. In 33 non-randomised studies, use of an intervention was associated with reduced odds of transfusion (OR 0.63 (95% CI 0.56 to 0.71)), odds of inappropriate transfusion (OR 0.46 (95% CI 0.36 to 0.59)), RBC units/patient weighted mean difference (WMD: -0.50 units (95% CI -0.85 to -0.16)), LOS (WMD: -1.14 days (95% CI -2.12 to -0.16)) and pretransfusion haemoglobin (-0.28 g/dL (95% CI -0.48 to -0.08)). There was no difference in odds of mortality (OR 0.90 (95% CI 0.80 to 1.02)). Protocol/algorithm and multimodal interventions were associated with the greatest decreases in the primary outcome. There was high heterogeneity among estimates and evidence for publication bias. CONCLUSIONS The literature examining the impact of interventions on RBC transfusions is extensive, although most studies are non-randomised. Despite this, pooled analysis of 33 studies revealed improvement in the primary outcome. Future work needs to shift from asking, 'does it work?' to 'what works best and at what cost?' PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42015024757.
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- Lesley J J Soril
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Bielby L, Moss RL. Patient blood management and the importance of the Transfusion Practitioner role to embed this into practice. Transfus Med 2018; 28:98-106. [PMID: 29660827 DOI: 10.1111/tme.12526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Patient blood management (PBM) is a widely established international initiative, with a multidisciplinary approach to reduce transfusion. The Transfusion Practitioner1 (TP) role is well embedded in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia. The value of the TP in changing both culture and practice to implement an all-inclusive PBM approach to care will be discussed. The TP role was born from both a safety and haemovigilance culture, where the greatest identified risk to the patient undergoing a transfusion was human error. From this initial trigger for improved safety, the TP role has evolved to a multifaceted, highly specialised role, involved in both PBM and transfusion processes. As the transfusion paradigm shifted from product to patient, the TP role evolved to include PBM, with an emphasis on the patients and the impact transfusion has on them. A multidisciplinary team is required to drive both PBM and transfusion; the TP is recognised as a critical link in the multidisciplinary team. They are seen as a driving force for change, bridging the gap between the laboratory and clinical arenas. The TP plays a vital role in helping establish and embed PBM that improves patient and safety outcomes.
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- L Bielby
- Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne, Australia
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Revel-Vilk S, Naamad M. Patient blood management programs: how to spread the word? Isr J Health Policy Res 2018; 7:8. [PMID: 29335019 PMCID: PMC5767978 DOI: 10.1186/s13584-018-0204-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions save lives and improve health; however, unnecessary transfusion practice exposes patients to immediate and long-term negative consequences. Indirect consequences of unnecessary transfusions are the reduced availability of RBC units for patients who are in need. Accumulating evidence shows that restricting RBC transfusions improves outcomes and current guidelines suggest limiting RBC transfusion to the minimum number of units required to relieve symptoms of anemia or to return the patient to a safe hemoglobin range (7-8 g/dl in stable, non-cardiac inpatients). Still, studies show that there is over-utilization of RBC transfusion, partly due to low level of knowledge of physicians regarding restrictive RBC transfusion policy across a broad range of professions and specialties. Patient blood management (PBM) programs have been developed to promote clear hospital transfusion guidelines, strive for optimization of patient hemoglobin and iron stores and, most importantly, improve education regarding restrictive RBC policy. Understanding what and where the gaps of knowledge are, as was done in the study by Dr. Koren and his colleagues, is an important step for developing effective PBM programs.
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- Shoshana Revel-Vilk
- Pediatric Hematology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated with Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
- Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Blood Bank, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Abdul-Aziz B, Lorencatto F, Stanworth SJ, Francis JJ. Patients' and health care professionals' perceptions of blood transfusion: a systematic review. Transfusion 2017; 58:446-455. [PMID: 29266261 DOI: 10.1111/trf.14404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Blood transfusions are frequently prescribed for acute and chronic conditions; however, the extent to which patients' and health care professionals' (HCPs') perceptions of transfusion have been investigated is unclear. Patients' treatment perceptions influence how patients cope with illnesses or symptoms. HCPs' perceptions may influence treatment decision making. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS This was a systematic review of studies post-1984 reporting adult patients' and HCPs' perceptions of blood transfusion. Seven databases were searched using a three-domain search strategy capturing synonyms relating to: 1) blood transfusion, 2) perceptions, and 3) participant group (patients or HCPs). Study and sample characteristics were extracted and narratively summarized. Reported perceptions were extracted and synthesized using inductive qualitative methods to identify key themes. RESULTS Thirty-two studies were included: 14 investigated patients' perceptions and 18 HCPs' perceptions. Surgical patients were the highest represented patient group. HCPs were from a wide range of professions. Transfusions were perceived by patients and HCPs as being of low-to-moderate risk. Risk and negative emotions were perceived to influence preference for alternatives. Five themes emerged from the synthesis, classified as Safety/risk, Negative emotions, Alternatives (e.g., autologous, monitoring), Health benefits, and Decision making. "Safety/risk" and "Negative emotions" were most frequently investigated over time, yet periods of research inactivity are apparent. CONCLUSIONS The literature has identified themes on how transfusions are perceived by patients and HCPs, which overlap with recognized discussion points for transfusion specialists. These themes may help HCPs when educating patients about transfusion or consenting patients. Theory-based qualitative methods may add an important dimension to this work.
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- Brittannia Abdul-Aziz
- Centre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- Centre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- NHS Blood and Transplant/Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, and the Oxford Clinical Research in Transfusion Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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Frank SM, Thakkar RN, Podlasek SJ, Ken Lee KH, Wintermeyer TL, Yang WW, Liu J, Rotello LC, Fleury TA, Wachter PA, Ishii LE, Demski R, Pronovost PJ, Ness PM. Implementing a Health System-wide Patient Blood Management Program with a Clinical Community Approach. Anesthesiology 2017; 127:754-764. [PMID: 28885446 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000001851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patient blood management programs are gaining popularity as quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, but methods for implementing such programs across multihospital health systems are not well understood. Having recently incorporated a patient blood management program across our health system using a clinical community approach, we describe our methods and results. METHODS We formed the Johns Hopkins Health System blood management clinical community to reduce transfusion overuse across five hospitals. This physician-led, multidisciplinary, collaborative, quality-improvement team (the clinical community) worked to implement best practices for patient blood management, which we describe in detail. Changes in blood utilization and blood acquisition costs were compared for the pre- and post-patient blood management time periods. RESULTS Across the health system, multiunit erythrocyte transfusion orders decreased from 39.7 to 20.2% (by 49%; P < 0.0001). The percentage of patients transfused decreased for erythrocytes from 11.3 to 10.4%, for plasma from 2.9 to 2.2%, and for platelets from 3.1 to 2.7%, (P < 0.0001 for all three). The number of units transfused per 1,000 patients decreased for erythrocytes from 455 to 365 (by 19.8%; P < 0.0001), for plasma from 175 to 107 (by 38.9%; P = 0.0002), and for platelets from 167 to 141 (by 15.6%; P = 0.04). Blood acquisition cost savings were $2,120,273/yr, an approximate 400% return on investment for our patient blood management efforts. CONCLUSIONS Implementing a health system-wide patient blood management program by using a clinical community approach substantially reduced blood utilization and blood acquisition costs.
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- Steven M Frank
- From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (S.M.F., W.W.Y., P.J.P.), Department of Medicine (R.N.T., L.C.R.), Department of Pathology, Transfusion Medicine (S.J.P., J.L., T.A.F., P.M.N.), Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (K.H.K.L., T.L.W., P.A.W., R.D., P.J.P.), and Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.E.I.), The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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Napolitano LM. Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Advances in Critical Care. Crit Care Clin 2017; 33:345-364. [PMID: 28284299 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2016.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Anemia is common in the intensive care unit (ICU), resulting in frequent administration of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. Significant advances have been made in understanding the pathophysiology of anemia in the ICU, which is anemia of inflammation. This anemia is related to high hepcidin concentrations resulting in iron-restricted erythropoiesis, and decreased erythropoietin concentrations. A new hormone (erythroferrone) has been identified, which mediates hepcidin suppression to allow increased iron absorption and mobilization from iron stores. RBC transfusions are most commonly administered to ICU patients for treatment of anemia. All strategies to reduce anemia in the ICU should be implemented.
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- Lena M Napolitano
- Division of Acute Care Surgery [Trauma, Burns, Critical Care, Emergency Surgery], Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, University Hospital, Room 1C340-UH, 1500 East Medical Drive, SPC 5033, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5033, USA.
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Leahy MF, Trentino KM, May C, Swain SG, Chuah H, Farmer SL. Blood use in patients receiving intensive chemotherapy for acute leukemia or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: the impact of a health system-wide patient blood management program. Transfusion 2017; 57:2189-2196. [PMID: 28671296 DOI: 10.1111/trf.14191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2017] [Revised: 04/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is published on patient blood management (PBM) programs in hematology. In 2008 Western Australia announced a health system-wide PBM program with PBM staff appointments commencing in November 2009. Our aim was to assess the impact this program had on blood utilization and patient outcomes in intensive chemotherapy for acute leukemia or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A retrospective study of 695 admissions at two tertiary hospitals receiving intensive chemotherapy for acute leukemia or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation between July 2010 and December 2014 was conducted. Main outcomes included pre-red blood cell (RBC) transfusion hemoglobin (Hb) levels, single-unit RBC transfusions, number of RBC and platelet (PLT) units transfused per admission, subsequent day case transfusions, length of stay, serious bleeding, and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS Over the study period, the mean RBC units transfused per admission decreased 39% from 6.1 to 3.7 (p < 0.001), and the mean PLT units transfused decreased 35% from 6.3 to 4.1 (p < 0.001), with mean RBC and PLT units transfused for follow-up day cases decreasing from 0.6 to 0.4 units (p < 0.001). Mean pre-RBC transfusion Hb level decreased from 8.0 to 6.8 g/dL (p < 0.001), and single-unit RBC transfusions increased 39% to 67% (p < 0.001). This reduction represents blood product cost savings of AU$694,886 (US$654,007). There were no significant changes in unadjusted or adjusted length of stay, serious bleeding events, or in-hospital mortality over the study. CONCLUSION The health system-wide PBM program had a significant impact, reducing blood product use and costs without increased morbidity or mortality in patients receiving intensive chemotherapy for acute leukemia or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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- Michael F Leahy
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology
- Department of Haematology
- PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital
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- Business Intelligence Unit, South Metropolitan Health Service
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- School of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Meybohm P, Muellenbach RM, Keller H, Fichtlscherer S, Papadopoulos N, Spahn DR, Greinacher A, Zacharowski K. Patient Blood Management in der Herzchirurgie. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR HERZ THORAX UND GEFASSCHIRURGIE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00398-017-0168-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Spahn DR. Patient Blood Management: the new standard. Transfusion 2017; 57:1325-1327. [DOI: 10.1111/trf.14095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Donat R. Spahn
- Institute of Anesthesiology, University and University Hospital of Zurich; Zurich Switzerland
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Gallagher T, Leahy MF, Darby S, Campbell L, Howman R, Watts S, Vodanovich M, Tovey J, Esson A, Koay A. Assembling a state-wide patient blood management program as a standard of care: the Western Australian experience. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/voxs.12350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- T. Gallagher
- Department of Health Western Australia; Perth WA Australia
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- Fremantle Hospital; Fremantle WA Australia
- Royal Perth Hospital; Perth WA Australia
- PathWest Laboratory Medicine; Perth WA Australia
- The University of Western Australia; Perth WA Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Nedlands WA Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Nedlands WA Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Nedlands WA Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Nedlands WA Australia
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- Fremantle Hospital; Fremantle WA Australia
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- Department of Health Western Australia; Perth WA Australia
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- Department of Health Western Australia; Perth WA Australia
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Meybohm P, Froessler B, Goodnough LT, Klein AA, Muñoz M, Murphy MF, Richards T, Shander A, Spahn DR, Zacharowski K. "Simplified International Recommendations for the Implementation of Patient Blood Management" (SIR4PBM). Perioper Med (Lond) 2017; 6:5. [PMID: 28331607 PMCID: PMC5356305 DOI: 10.1186/s13741-017-0061-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND More than 30% of the world's population are anemic with serious medical and economic consequences. Red blood cell transfusion is the mainstay to correct anemia, but it is also one of the top five overused procedures and carries its own risk and cost burden. Patient blood management (PBM) is a patient-centered and multidisciplinary approach to manage anemia, minimize iatrogenic blood loss, and harness tolerance to anemia in an effort to improve patient outcome. Despite resolution 63.12 of the World Health Organization in 2010 endorsing PBM and current guidelines which include evidence-based recommendations on the use of diagnostic/therapeutic resources to provide better health care, many hospitals have yet to implement PBM in routine clinical practice. METHOD AND RESULTS A number of experienced clinicians developed the following "Simplified International Recommendations for Patient Blood Management." We propose a series of simple, cost-effective, best-practice, feasible, and evidence-based measures that will enable any hospital to reduce both anemia prevalence on the day of intervention/surgery and anemia-related unnecessary transfusion in surgical and medical patients, including obstetrics and gynecology.
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- Patrick Meybohm
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Lyell McEwin Hospital, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Transfusion Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for CardioVascular and Interventional Research (CAVIAR), University College London, Rockerfellow Building, University Street, London, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, TeamHealth Research Institute, Englewood, NJ USA
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- Institute of Anaesthesiology, University of Zurich and University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Norgaard A, Stensballe J, de Lichtenberg TH, White JO, Perner A, Wanscher M, Hillingsø J, Holm ML, Mau-Sørensen M, Sillesen H, Kjeldsen L, Bäck C, Nielsen J, Seeberg J, Hansen MB, Johansson PI. Three-year follow-up of implementation of evidence-based transfusion practice in a tertiary hospital. Vox Sang 2017; 112:229-239. [PMID: 28220499 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Traditionally, Denmark has had a high rate of allogeneic red blood cell transfusion caused by a liberal transfusion practice despite the existence of restrictive guidelines. We established a Patient Blood Management programme in a tertiary hospital and report the results of the implementation of evidence-based transfusion practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Red blood cell transfusion quality indicators were compared with the evidence-based guideline at hospital and department level. Based on this evaluation, wards were selected for interventions targeting doctors and nurses. The implementation process was monitored by transfusion quality and utilization data over a 3-year period with totally 166 341 admissions in 98 960 mixed, adult medical and surgical patients. RESULTS At the hospital level, transfusion above the upper guideline limit decreased from 23 to 10% (P < 0·001), and transfusion at or below the restrictive haemoglobin trigger of 7·3 g/dl increased from 7 to 19% (P < 0·001). The percentage of single-unit transfusions increased from 72 to 78% (P < 0·001), and the majority of transfusion rates and volumes decreased significantly. Red cell use decreased with 41% in surgical procedures and 28% in admissions (P < 0·001). CONCLUSION The intervention was associated with a significant and sustained overall increase in compliance with national guidelines for red blood cell transfusion for non-bleeding patients, and led to significantly fewer patients being exposed to transfusion.
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- A Norgaard
- Section for transfusion medicine, Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for transfusion medicine, Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for transfusion medicine, Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of intensive care, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of intensive care, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of thoracic anaesthesiology and intensive care, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of abdominal surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of urology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of vascular surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of haematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of thoracic surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for transfusion medicine, Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for transfusion medicine, Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for transfusion medicine, Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for transfusion medicine, Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Leahy MF, Hofmann A, Towler S, Trentino KM, Burrows SA, Swain SG, Hamdorf J, Gallagher T, Koay A, Geelhoed GC, Farmer SL. Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health-system-wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary-care hospitals. Transfusion 2017; 57:1347-1358. [DOI: 10.1111/trf.14006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Michael F. Leahy
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology; The University of Western Australia
- Department of Haematology; Royal Perth Hospital
- PathWest Laboratory Medicine; Royal Perth Hospital; Perth, Western Australia Australia
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- Department of Anesthesiology; University Hospital Zurich; Zurich Switzerland
- School of Surgery; University of Western Australia
- Centre for Population Health Research; Curtin University; Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Service 4, Fiona Stanley Hospital; Murdoch Western Australia Australia
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology; The University of Western Australia
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- Business Intelligence Unit, South Metropolitan Health Service
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- School of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences; The University of Western Australia
- Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre (CTEC); University of Western Australia; Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Department of Health; Western Australia Australia
- Accumen LLC; San Diego California
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- Department of Health; Western Australia Australia
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- Department of Health; Western Australia Australia
- School of Paediatrics and Child Health and School of Primary and Aboriginal and Rural Health; The University of Western Australia; Perth Western Australia Australia
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- School of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences; The University of Western Australia
- Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences; Curtin University; Perth Western Australia Australia
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BACKGROUND Preoperative anemia has a prevalence of approximately 30% and is one of the strongest predictors of perioperative red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. It is rarely treated although it is an independent risk factor for the occurrence of postoperative complications. Additionally, the high variability in the worldwide usage of RBC transfusions is alarming. Due to these serious deficits in patient care, in 2011 the World Health Organization recommended the implementation of a patient blood management (PBM). OBJECTIVES This article provides information about PBM as a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach. MATERIAL AND METHODS A selective literature search was carried out in the Medline and Cochrane library databases including consideration of national and international guidelines. RESULTS A PBM promotes the medically and ethically appropriate use of all available resources, techniques and materials in favor of an optimized perioperative patient care. Patients' own resources should be specifically protected, strengthened and used and include (i) diagnosis and therapy of preoperative anemia, (ii) minimizing perioperative blood loss, (iii) blood-conserving surgical techniques, (iv) restriction of diagnostic blood sampling, (v) utilization of individual anemia tolerance, (vi) optimal coagulation and hemotherapy concepts and (vii) guideline-based, rational indications for the use of RBC transfusions. CONCLUSION A PBM should be advocated as an incentive to evaluate and critically optimize local conditions. An individual, interdisciplinarily structured bundle of different PBM measures has great potential to optimize the quality of patient care and to make it safer.
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Folléa G. Gestion du sang du patient et pour le patient. Transfus Clin Biol 2016; 23:175-184. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Patient Blood Management is Associated With a Substantial Reduction of Red Blood Cell Utilization and Safe for Patient's Outcome. Ann Surg 2016; 264:203-11. [DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000001747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Folléa G. Rethinking blood components and patients: Patient blood management. Possible ways for development in France. Presse Med 2016; 45:e273-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2016.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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