Kenichi Tanaka, M.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. OKLAHOMA CITY – A University of Oklahoma study published Sept. 3 in ...

LBA-5: A hospital policy of tranexamic acid to reduce transfusion in major non-cardiac surgery: The TRACTION trial ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- When hospitals were randomly assigned to ...

Removing 10% of a patient's blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & ...

Intraoperative PRBC Transfusion Raises Delirium Risk, but Only Above 7.3-g/dL Hemoglobin Threshold ...

Significant bleeding due to traumatic injury is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring within six hours. Emerging evidence suggests that the ...

A spectrophotometric hemoglobin sensor may help providers monitor blood hemoglobin levels noninvasively during surgery, according to a report published in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesia & ...

Most patients who underwent valve surgery for infective endocarditis had anemia before surgery and received blood transfusions during their hospital stay. Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion was ...

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, people often look for ways to help. One way to help is to donate blood or platelets. Patients diagnosed with cancer may need a blood transfusion for many ...