Postoperative anaemia: balancing the risks of anaemia and transfusion.

The author talks about the aims and objectives of the Patient Blood Management, an international initiative in transfusion medicine, and mentions surgical outcomes for patients who are anaemic pre-operatively. Topics discussed include the reduction of intra-operative blood loss, the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation (AGREE-2) tool, and red blood production in iron deficiency anemia.