Abstract
A substantial amount of allogenic blood products is transfused in cardiac surgery. Major perioperative blood loss is therefore related with high additional costs already during initial hospitalization of patients. This chapter describes the relevance of blood loss and transfusion from a resource and patient outcome perspective and describes the economic impact of blood transfusions in cardiac surgery.
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Balzer, F., Uden, H. (2019). Relevance of Blood Loss and Economic Impact. In: von Heymann, C., Boer, C. (eds) Patient Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15342-7_3
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