...Alexander Kaserer; Clara Castellucci; David Henckert; Christian Breymann; Donat R. Spahn Background: Patient blood management (PBM) is a multidisciplinary and patient-centered treatment approach, comprising the detection and treatment of anemia, the minimization of blood loss, and the rational use...

.... and K.Z. received grants from B. Braun Melsungen, CSL Behring, Fresenius Kabi, and Vifor Pharma for the implementation of Frankfurt’s Patient Blood Management program and honoraria for scientific lectures from B. Braun Melsungen, Vifor Pharma, Ferring, CSL Behring, and Pharmacosmos. A.S. is supported...

... anti-PP1P k antibody. Patient blood management in such cases is challenging. Case Report: The transfusion center supporting the tertiary care referral center in the southern part of India received a blood sample from a trauma case for pre-transfusion testing. An antibody to a high-frequency blood group...

... focusing on Hb transfusion triggers is an insufficient approach to the problems of RBC transfusion, patient safety and outcome. The more holistic approach to patient safety and outcome is the concept of patient blood management which aims at improving outcome by correcting the three main factors resulting...

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... by allogeneic blood supply, which can contribute to morbidity and mortality. Therefore, programmes of patient blood management (PBM) have been implemented to avoid unnecessary blood transfusions and to standardise the indication of blood transfusions more strictly with aim to improve patients' overall outcomes...

...Dania P. Fischer; Kai D. Zacharowski; Markus M. Müller; Christof Geisen; Erhard Seifried; Heiko Müller; Patrick Meybohm Introduction: A multicomponent, evidence-based and interdisciplinary Patient Blood Management (PBM) program was introduced at the University Hospital Frankfurt in July 2013...

... is to further analyse the utilisation of allogeneic blood components within a 5-year observation period (2009-2013) in trauma surgery (15,457 patients) under the measures of an educational patient blood management (PBM) initiative. Methods: After the implementation of the PBM initiative in January 2012...

..., and the elderly need more blood transfusions than younger patients. Additionally, special extensive therapies result in an increased consumption of blood components. Beyond that the aging of the population reduces the total number of preferably young and healthy blood donors. Therefore, Patient Blood Management...

...Hans Gombotz Patient Blood Management (PBM) describes an evidence-based, multidisciplinary therapeutic approach. Its focus is on the treatment of the individual patient and as such comprises transfusion therapy and pharmacotherapy. Furthermore, the applicability of PBM is not limited...