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  • Patient Blood Management Case Report No. 1: The importance of preoperative evaluation of hemostasis and anemia

    University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy

    by Patrick Meybohm, Victoria Ellerbroek, Colleen Cuca, Dania Fischer ...
    Series Book 1 - Patient Blood Management Case Reports
    This case report describes the poor outcome of a female patient who underwent elective nephrectomy. Unfortunately, the patient was suffering from undiagnosed preoperative platelet dysfunction and anemia, although blood count and clotting were almost within normal ranges two weeks earlier at the day of preoperative assessment for anesthesia. In this respect, intensive preoperative evaluation of the ... Read more

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  • Patient Blood Management Case Report No. 2: Patient Blood Management in a Jehova's Witness trauma patient

    University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy

    by Patrick Meybohm, Colleen Cuca, Victoria Ellerbroek ...
    Series Book 2 - Patient Blood Management Case Reports
    Patients involved in major trauma frequently suffer from severe blood loss and anemia, which can be challenging to treat. Additional issues are presented in the population of Jehovah’s Witness patients, who refuse transfusions of allogenic blood or its components. We established a stable hemodynamic status in a young Jehovah’s Witness patient with major trauma by applying principles of patient ... Read more

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