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Patient Blood Management. Why PBM? TRANSFUSION Fraught with inventory problems Availability and Storage (lesion) Risks of blood transfusion Cost of transfusion vs. cost of blood Slew of poor outcomes in surgical and nonsurgical patients (no cost measures applied)
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Patient Blood Management Why PBM? TRANSFUSION • Fraught with inventory problems • Availability and • Storage (lesion) • Risks of blood transfusion • Cost of transfusion vs. cost of blood • Slew of poor outcomes in surgical and nonsurgical patients (no cost measures applied) • Efficacy – When and for who? PBM is safe and EFFECTIVE