Blood transfusion requirements in bimaxillary osteotomies

Blood transfusion requirements in cleft lip surgery

“…TI is an average number of units transfused for a given procedure. A value of less than 0.5 suggests that cross-matched blood is unlikely to be required [8]. In the present study, overall TI for cleft lip surgery was 0.05, and 0.048 and 0.06 for UCL and BCL surgery respectively.…”

“…The cross-match: transfusion ratio (CTR) is the number of units cross-matched for a procedure divided by the total number of units transfused, and is an index of the efficiency of ordering and use of blood, and it should be less than 2.5 [8]. In the present case, CTR was far more than recommended, with the implication that ordering of 1 unit of homologous blood prior to cleft lip surgery is not efficient.…”

“…The blood-ordering quotient (BOQ) is the number of crossmatched units of blood per patient divided by the number of units transfused per patient [8,9]. A BOQ above 1.5 is considered unacceptable and it is advised that these procedures be grouped and saved.…”

A study of pre-operative type and screen in breast surgery: improved efficiency and cost saving

“…Clinical audit is critical to identify areas in which potential savings can be made in resources while not compromising patient care. A number of studies, predominantly from orthopaedic and gynaecological units, have reported significant financial benefits when pre-operative blood cross-matching practices have been analysed [10][11][12][13][14].…”

Autotransfusión sanguínea en cirugía ortognática: no necesario

“…Dhariwal encontró revisando 115 pacientes a los que se les había practicado cirugía bimaxilar, que 9 de dichos pacientes (8%) habían sido transfundidos con sangre homóloga. 6 El tiempo medio de las intervenciones fue de 270 min, pero hay que considerar que a 20 pacientes también se les practicó procedimientos adicionales. No encontró ninguna correlación entre la pérdida de sangre, el tiempo quirúrgico y el tipo de procedimiento empleado.…”