Greater Than Sevenfold Return on Investment for a Comprehensive Patient Blood Management Program With Equivalent or Improved Outcomes

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Medicine (Hematology), Oncology, Pathology, Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, Institute for Cellular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Pathology (Transfusion Medicine), The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.

Steven M Frank et al. Anesth Analg. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 1;138(6):1345-1348.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006862. Epub 2024 Mar 25.

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Medicine (Hematology), Oncology, Pathology, Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, Institute for Cellular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Pathology (Transfusion Medicine), The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Conflict of interest statement

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