Improving blood transfusion practice: to give or to consider

Editorial

. 2024 Jul;71(7):939-943.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-024-02738-w. Epub 2024 Mar 20.

Jad Sibai¹, Keyvan Karkouti^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Masters of Science Program in Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
⁸ Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
⁹ Patient Blood Management Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Eaton North 4-421, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.

Editorial

Jad Sibai et al. Can J Anaesth. 2024 Jul.

. 2024 Jul;71(7):939-943.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-024-02738-w. Epub 2024 Mar 20.

Jad Sibai¹, Keyvan Karkouti^{2

3

4

5}, Stuart A McCluskey^{6

7

8

9

10}

¹ Masters of Science Program in Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
⁸ Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
⁹ Patient Blood Management Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Eaton North 4-421, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. stuart.mccluskey@uhn.ca.

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