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Although patients may have differing perceptions in regard to blood transfusions, and in spite of the fact that transfusions are associated with infectious and noninfectious risks, transfusion consent remains inconsistently performed. Consent is often obtained hastily as a part of the overall treatment consent process without adequate understanding or discussion of risks and alternatives. Transfusion-related immunomodulation can particularly affect critically ill patients and is often not recognized by patients and physicians. Solve it!
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Friedman M, Bizargity P, Gilmore S, Friedman A. Patient inclusion in transfusion medicine: current perspectives. Int J Clin Transfus Med. 2015;3:7–16.
Friedman M, Arja W, Batra R, Daniel S, Hoehn D, Mondolfi Paniz A, et al. Informed consent for blood transfusion. What do medicine residents tell? What do patients understand? Am J Clin Pathol. 2012;138:559–65.
Remy KE, Hall MW, Cholette J, Juffermans NP, Nicol K, Doctor A, et al. Mechanisms of red blood cell transfusion-related immunomodulation. Transfusion. 2018;58(3):804–15.
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Friedman, M.T., West, K.A., Bizargity, P., Annen, K., Gur, H.D., Hilbert, T. (2023). Omakase Medicine. Caveat Emptor! Don’t Trim the Facts. In: Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14638-1_60
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