Understanding perioperative patient blood management practices in Europe: Are we following the guidelines?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Heart Centre Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: Markus.Luedi2@insel.ch.

Editorial

Paul Philipp Heinisch et al. J Clin Anesth. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct:73:110349.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110349. Epub 2021 May 29.

¹ Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Heart Centre Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: Markus.Luedi2@insel.ch.

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A survey of patient blood management for patients undergoing cardiac surgery in nine European countries.
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