Abstract
Alternatives to blood products manage anemia and/or thrombocytopenia in patients while avoiding the risks of transfusion. Such strategies help preserve a limited blood supply, reduce exposure to donor blood products and possible transfusion reactions, and control financial costs related to blood. Alternatives can include improving blood production with nutrient supplementation or erythropoietin administration, using surgical techniques such as intraoperative cell salvage or acute normovolemic hemodilution, or administering pharmacologic agents to control bleeding such as antifibrinolytics and purified coagulation factors.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Oncologic Critical Care |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 1197-1204 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319745886 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319745879 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 12 2019 |
Keywords
- Bloodless medicine
- Bloodless surgery
- Iron supplementation
- Patient blood management
- Transfusion alternatives
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine