Seeking Strategies to Optimize Blood Utilization: The Preliminary Experience with Implementing a Patient Blood Management Program in a Greek Tertiary Hospital.

Aimilia TsanteAnastasia PapandreadiAndreas G TsantesElias KyriakouPanagiota DouramaniElectra LoukopoulouArgyri GialerakiStyliani I KokorisAthina KypraiouAristarchos PoulisPetros KopteridesDaniele PiovaniStefanos BonovasSerena ValsamiArgirios E Tsantes

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

A poor adherence with the restrictive transfusion threshold of 7.0 gr/dL was observed. The adoption of a less strict threshold might be a temporary step to allow physicians to become familiar with the program and be informed on the safety and advantages of the restrictive transfusion strategy.

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