Why the study?
Can point-of-care autologous blood procurement replace predonation of autologous blood in surgical patients?
Population
Surgical patients undergoing elective procedures
Comparison
Point-of-care autologous blood procurement vs Predonation of autologous blood
Design
Review
Authors
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May support point-of-care strategies in elective surgery; leaves open confirmation by prospective randomized trials.
Can point-of-care autologous blood procurement replace predonation of autologous blood in surgical patients?
Point-of-care autologous blood procurement strategies offer a viable and potentially cost-effective alternative to predonation for blood conservation in elective surgery.
Goodnough et al. (1998) studied this question.
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