Politics in blood transfusion in obstetric patients at the University Hospital Zurich
J Frei, C Breymann · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2009 · Heft 04
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Zusammenfassung
Although complications as a result of blood product transfusions have decreased, minor to fatal complications still exist and give reason to limit administration in situations where possible risks outweigh the benefits. New guidelines have been published in order to reduce the number of unnecessary blood product transfusions. Unfortunately past papers show that the new guidelines are not yet being fully implemented. The goal of our retrospective study is to calculate the trend and evaluate the practice of transfusion medicine in the department of Obstetrics. Women who gave birth and received at least one red blo…