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. 1997 Mar:14:35-7.
doi: 10.1097/00003643-199703001-00007.

Measurement of blood loss in clinical studies

P A Flordal  1
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Measurement of blood loss in clinical studies

P A Flordal. Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl. 1997 Mar.

Abstract

Direct measurement of blood loss has poor reliability and poor validity. A formula is proposed for how blood loss may be calculated from pre- and post-operative haemoglobin, taking the influence of any blood transfusions into account.

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