TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood conservation in acute care and critical care.
AU - Chernow, B.
AU - Jackson, E.
AU - Miller, J. A.
AU - Wiese, J.
PY - 1996/5
Y1 - 1996/5
N2 - Blood conservation has evolved into an important issue in hospital-based medicine. Increased awareness of and worry about transfusion-associated diseases have prompted a focus on this important area. New technologies, including continuous intraarterial monitoring devices, microchemical technologies, new drug development (recombinant human erythropoietin and aprotinin) and intraoperative salvage techniques have made the concept of clinically important blood conservation possible. In this article, the authors review clinically important areas regarding blood conservation, which are subsequently detailed in this issue of AACN Clinical Issues. Emphasis is placed on the need for blood conservation in acute and critical care practice and the technologies available to achieve this goal.
AB - Blood conservation has evolved into an important issue in hospital-based medicine. Increased awareness of and worry about transfusion-associated diseases have prompted a focus on this important area. New technologies, including continuous intraarterial monitoring devices, microchemical technologies, new drug development (recombinant human erythropoietin and aprotinin) and intraoperative salvage techniques have made the concept of clinically important blood conservation possible. In this article, the authors review clinically important areas regarding blood conservation, which are subsequently detailed in this issue of AACN Clinical Issues. Emphasis is placed on the need for blood conservation in acute and critical care practice and the technologies available to achieve this goal.
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U2 - 10.1097/00044067-199605000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00044067-199605000-00002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8718381
AN - SCOPUS:0030137564
SN - 1079-0713
VL - 7
SP - 191
EP - 197
JO - AACN clinical issues
JF - AACN clinical issues
IS - 2
ER -