Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) · 1994 · 10 citations · 0 references
MedicineHematologySurgeryClinical MedicineGeneral SurgeryTransfusion MedicineBlood Loss ManagementBlood Product ManagementBlood Transfusion ManagementPatient Blood ManagementPerioperative Blood ManagementTransfusion TherapyBlood Transfusion TherapyElective Surgery FlowProphylactic TransfusionSurgical Blood ManagementTransfusion IndicationsTransfusion Requirement MonitoringTransfusion SummaryTransfusion-related Complications
SANGUIS was multicentric European study involving more than 7,000 patients in 43 teaching hospitals during a one year period. The goal of the study was to describe current transfusion practice for elective surgery in adult. The present paper summarizes the data collected on the 1,193 patients enrolled in Belgium. It also introduces the final report of the SANGUIS study in Belgium, which will be published as a special issue of the Acta Chirurgica Belgica.