Sep
2003
An algorithm to reduce allogenic red blood cell transfusions for major orthopedic surgery.
Acta Orthop Scand 2003;74(5):569-575.
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The recommended measures to reduce the use of blood transfusions are certainly right and one can recommend to follow the proposals. However, the excellent results of small trials investigated by the authors and the historical comparisons are surprising, and without further details excluding any bias, etc., the results are difficult to understand.
Volker Kretschmer