Abstract
Rational transfusion practices are determined by clinical evaluation and utilization of appropriate laboratory tests. While the trend toward more conservative transfusion practices is laudable, blood transfusions should not be withheld because of fear of transfusion-transmitted disease. The blood supply is safer than ever before and advances in monitoring and laboratory testing are facilitating scientific approaches to blood administration.
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L’évaluation clinique et l’utilisation appropriée de tests de laboratoire permettent une approche rationnelle des transfusions sanguines. La tendance vers une approche plus conservatrice face aux transfusions est louable toutefois, on ne devrait pas indûment restreindre l’usage des transfusions par crainte des maladies qu’elles peuvent transmettre. Les stocks sanguins sont de plus en plus securitaires et l’amélioration du monitorage et des tests de laboratoire permettent une approche scientifique de la pratique transfusionnelle.
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Stehling, L. Indications for perioperative blood transfusion in 1990. Can J Anaesth 38, 601–604 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03008193
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