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Blood transfusion and blood conservation (techniques or strategies to avoid the need for blood) are complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena of transfusion medicine. Recent improvements in the safety of the blood supply and the increasing costs associated with transfusion therapies have led to a reevaluation of the clinical practices of blood transfusion and blood conservation. Among the issues that have been reevaluated are the threshold for transfusion at which the benefits outweigh the risks and the identification of patients most likely to benefit from blood conservation. This review summarizes recent developments in transfusion medicine that have affected the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Trends in Blood Use and Collection

Risks of Blood Transfusion

Transmission of HIV

Transmission of HBV and HBC

Transmission of Other Viruses

Hemolytic Reactions

Contamination of Red Cells

Contamination of Platelets

Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

Transfusion-Mediated Immunomodulation

Indications for Transfusion

Utilization Review

Intensive Care

Surgery

Guidelines for Transfusion

Conclusions

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From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (L.T.G.); the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (M.E.B.); the Department of Pathology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Woodland Hills, Calif. (M.H.K.); and the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H. (J.P.A.).

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