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Anesthesia & Analgesia’s November Issue is a Global Call for Urgent Patient Blood Management Implementation
WHO to Host Webinar on Implementing Patient Blood Management to Improve Global Blood Health
The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists Endorses the World Health Organization’s PBM Guidance
WHO Publishes Policy Brief ‘The Urgent Need to Implement PBM’ in the French language
World Health Organization Releases Groundbreaking Guidance on Patient Blood Management to Address Global Blood Health Crisis
World Health Organization Releases Groundbreaking Guidance on Patient Blood Management in Portuguese language
The International Foundation for Patient Blood Management Supports World Anemia Awareness Day, February 13, 2025
New Patient Blood Management Program Implementation and Assessment Tool Launched to Improve Compliance with Global Guidelines
WFSA Celebrates 100th Signing of the Santa Cruz Declaration, Marking a Global Milestone in Patient Blood Management
Study Suggests Preoperative Iron Infusions Better Than Blood Transfusions for Some Anemic Patients
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Brazilian Association of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy (ABHH) PBM Project Initiated
‘Blood Works: An Owners Guide’ Released Globally
Prof. Konrad Messmer Obituary
The Blood and Beyond Joint Declaration calls on EU policymakers to support patient-centric anaemia care

Patient Blood Management Landmark Study Sets a New Standard

BASEL, Switzerland, June 10, 2017 The June 2017 issue of the medical journal Transfusion has published an editorial by one of Europe’s leading anesthesiologists, Professor Donat R. Spahn, MD, from the Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland. The editorial titled “Patient Blood Management: The New Standard” comments on multiple findings in a landmark study from Australia published in the same issue (view journal here). Prof Spahn states: “The…

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