ReviewAnnals of intensive care2013
Blood conservation devices in critical care: a narrative review.
Review in Annals of intensive care, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Transfusion strategies in non-bleeding critically ill adults: a clinical practice guideline from the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.Intensive care medicine · 2020Guideline
- Interventions to prevent iatrogenic anemia: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices systematic review.Critical care (London, England) · 2019Pooled it
- A Simple "Blood-Saving Bundle" Reduces Diagnostic Blood Loss and the Transfusion Rate in Mechanically Ventilated Patients.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Determination of the Minimum Discard Volume in the Extraction of Blood Samples Through Arterial Catheters in Critical Patients.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Clot formation risk in the clearing fluid after arterial catheter blood sampling: coagulation factors consumption over time - a prospective pilot study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2025Observational
- Best practices for iatrogenic anaemia prevention in the intensive care unit: Blood-sparing techniques.Nursing in critical care · 2025Review
- Patient harm associated with serial phlebotomy and blood waste in the intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study.PloS one · 2021Observational
- Long length of stay in the ICU associates with a high erythrocyte transfusion rate in critically ill patients.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Article
- Blood sampling as a cause of anemia in a general ICU - a pilot study.Romanian journal of anaesthesia and intensive care · 2015Article
- Point-of-care blood glucose testing for diabetes care in hospitalized patients: an evidence-based review.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2014Review
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Abstract
Anaemia is associated with inferior outcomes in critically ill patients. It is difficult to prevent and is treated commonly with the transfusion of packed red cells. However, transfusion to augment oxygen delivery has not been shown to consistently offer a survival advantage when the haemoglobin concentration exceeds 7 g/dL. Several studies point to inferior outcomes when patients are transfused. Observational studies have confirmed that critically ill patients have frequent blood draws as part of their routine daily care. Cumulatively large volumes of blood are frequently taken, which contribute significantly towards the development of anaemia. Reducing iatrogenic blood loss may reduce the risk of developing anaemia and possibly the need for transfusion. Blood conservation devices may help to achieve this goal. The integration of blood conservation devices into routine care has been relatively slow in critical care. This review summarises the current evidence base and confirms that blood conservation devices do reduce the volume of iatrogenic blood loss. In the most recent studies, these devices have been shown to reduce transfusion requirements even in those intensive care units that follow a restrictive transfusion strategy.
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