Why the study?
Formulae currently used to estimate surgical blood loss differ substantially from direct measurements and may not be reliable for quantifying blood loss in the surgical setting.
Do formulae for estimating surgical blood loss agree with direct measurements?
Do formulae for estimating surgical blood loss agree with direct measurements?
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Current formulae for estimating surgical blood loss may not be reliable compared to direct measurements.
Formulae currently used to estimate surgical blood loss differ substantially from direct measurements; therefore, they may not be reliable methods of blood loss quantification in the surgical setting.
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Jaramillo et al. (2018) studied this question.
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