Patients given less blood during transfusions do well
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
It's a simple premise -- now backed up by more evidence than ever: 'Why give more blood to anyone if you can't show it benefits them?' Research has found that for many patients, smaller blood transfusions after surgery are at least as beneficial as larger ones, both in the short term and the long term.