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There are numerous benefits to applying blood conservation principles in patient care, most often referred to as Patient Blood Management. For example: Allogeneic transfusion is emerging as a potent risk factor for many complications commonly seen in hospitalized patients. –  Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/msj.21290/full   Donated blood doesn’t transfer oxygen from the blood to the body tissues as effectively as the patient’s own blood does. -  Forbes  http://www.forbes.com/sites/marijkevroomendurning/2013/08/14/blood-transfusions-after-surgery-multiple-units-of-blood-add-to-infection-risk/   An analysis of more than 31,000 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery… showed that receiving one or more blood transfusions conferred a nearly threefold increased risk of operative mortality… – Internal Medicine News  http://www.internalmedicinenews.com/index.php?id=514&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=57604&cHash=5eb08f03e2   In 2010 Englewood  Hospital and Medical Center (Englewood, New Jersey) received nearly $4.7 million in federal funding to train military and civilian physicians in bloodless surgery and other medical procedures. – NorthJersey.com  http://www.northjersey.com/news/012910_Englewood_Hospital_to_train_military_others_in_bloodless_surgery_techniques.html   Patients receiving too many blood products… are more likely to experience me...
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