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Recent TV News Clip - "Blood Transfusion-Free Surgeries?"

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"It's the latest advancement in surgery, which some experts say should be the new standard in care."

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Western Australian Health System Pioneers Bloodless Surgery

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The WA health system will become the first in the world to adopt a "bloodless surgery" policy that could significantly reduce the use of blood transfusions and save the State tens of millions of dollars.

The pioneering approach, known as patient blood management, is used at Fremantle Hospital - reducing its use of blood - and will be rolled out across all hospitals.

Experts say it is safer for patients and will help avoid a looming shortage of blood as more people have cancer and orthopaedic surgery.

Under the program, patients going into hospital for surgery will have a blood test several weeks before to check if they need therapy such as iron supplements to treat anaemia. Doctors will also be encouraged to use surgical techniques that minimize blood loss.
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Site Upgrade and Update - Almost There!

KimberlyAndrews

Published on 01-03-2011 05:38 AM Number of Views: 3261

Welcome to the newly upgraded noblood.org. We are still in the design and migration phase, which is why some of the pages are not available.
But stay tuned!.....Lots of new options and features will be available soon!

In the meantime, please sign in or sign up as a registered user and visit the Forum.
Thanks for your patience and support,
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Bloodless Atrial Septal Defect Repair (ASD) in 8 Month-Old

Editorial Team

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<a name="Part_I.2C_The_Case_Report"></a> Part I, The Case Report <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><img alt="KH at birth" src="images/nbwiki/thumb/4/42/Cropped070308.jpg/200px-Cropped070308.jpg" width="200" height="261" border="0" class="thumbimage" /><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><img src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" height="11" alt="" /></div> KH at birth </div></div></div> KH was born 3/6/08 at <a href="http://www.englewoodhospital.com/" title="Englewood Hospital">Englewood Hospital</a> in New Jersey. Trisomy 21 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down's Syndrome">Down's Syndrome</a> ) had been established prenatally. Birth weight was 8 pounds 7 ounces. She was transferred to the NICU for transient tachypnea. She received supplemental oxygen for the first two days. ...

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Editorial Team

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Intraoperative blood salvage,

Fresenius C.A.T.S (Continuous AutoTransfusion System)

also known as autologous blood salvage, is a medical procedure involving recovering blood lost during surgery and re-infusing it into the patient. ...