Generation and validation of a formula to calculate hemoglobin loss on a cohort of healthy adults subjected to controlled blood loss.
Max Hahn-KlimrothPhilipp LoickSoo-Zin Kim-WannerErhard SeifriedHalvard BonigPublished in: Journal of translational medicine (2021)
The resulting formula will allow objective benchmarking of surgical blood loss, enabling informed decision making as to the need for pre-operative type-and-cross only vs. reservation of packed red cell units, depending on a patient's anemia tolerance, and thus contributing to resource management.