The maximum surgical blood order for elective EVAR should be a group and save (type and screen) sample because of the high crossmatch to transfusion ratio.
Intraoperative transfusion is rarely required (<1%) but often necessitates large transfusion quantities.
In this circumstance each hospital is required to have an emergency protocol to manage massive blood loss.
Applying these principles across all surgical specialities may lead to significant financial savings, improve efficiency and reduce wastage.
2012-03-06
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European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth Road, Frimley, Surrey, UK. dr.kmann [at] gmail.com
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2012 Mar;43(3):282-5
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