Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Observational Study
Peri-operative blood transfusion in elective major surgery: incidence, indications and outcome - an observational multicentre study.
Patients' demographic and epidemiological characteristics, local variations in clinicians' knowledge and experience and types of surgery can influence peri-operative transfusion practices. Sharing data on transfusion practices and recipients may improve patients' care and implementation of Patient Blood Management (PBM). ⋯ These findings identified areas for improvement in peri-operative transfusion practice and PBM implementation in Turkey.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
High-dose intravenous treatment in iron deficiency anaemia in inflammatory bowel disease: early efficacy and impact on quality of life.
Anaemia and iron deficiency are very common in inflammatory bowel disease. Clinical trials have shown intravenous iron to be effective and well tolerated. However, published experience in clinical practice with specific evaluation of the effect on quality of life is limited. ⋯ Ferric carboxymaltose showed comparable efficacy to that demonstrated in clinical trials. After only two weeks of treatment, there was a significant improvement in quality of life, with a greater effect observed in those patients with a complete haematologic response. Intravenous iron can very quickly improve quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease.