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Perioperative assessment of the elective orthopedic surgery patient.

Spence RK, Parce P

Department of Surgery, St. Agnes HealthCare, 900 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229, USA. rspence@stagnes.org

There are a number of safe and cost-effective therapeutic options for the potential management of all patients without allogeneic blood transfusion. Orthopedic surgeons should consider blood management using these options for all patients to provide them with safe and effective therapy, while minimizing the risks of allogeneic blood and preserving our decreasing blood resources.

Published 30 May 2005 in Anesthesiol Clin North America, 23(2): 295-303, vi.
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