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Review
. 2019 May;17(3):191-195.
doi: 10.2450/2019.0109-19.

Patient Blood Management: a revolutionary approach to transfusion medicine

Massimo Franchini  1   2 , Giuseppe Marano  1 , Eva Veropalumbo  1 , Francesca Masiello  1 , Ilaria Pati  1 , Fabio Candura  1 , Samantha Profili  1 , Liviana Catalano  1 , Vanessa Piccinini  1 , Simonetta Pupella  1 , Stefania Vaglio  1   3 , Giancarlo M Liumbruno  1
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Review

Patient Blood Management: a revolutionary approach to transfusion medicine

Massimo Franchini et al. Blood Transfus. 2019 May.

Abstract

Patient Blood Management (PBM) is a multimodal, multidisciplinary approach adopted to limit the use and the need for allogeneic blood transfusion in all at-risk patients with the aim of improving their clinical outcomes. Although PBM usually refers to surgical patients, its clinical use has gradually evolved over the last few years and it now also refers to medical conditions. This review will critically analyse the current knowledge on the use of PBM programmes in surgical and non-surgical patients.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure of conflicts of interest

GML is the Editor-in-Chief of Blood Transfusion and this manuscript has undergone additional external review as a result. The other Authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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