Acute normovolemic hemodilution is a cost‐effective alternative to preoperative autologous blood donation by patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy

Abstract

An integrated blood conservation program utilizing hemodilution and a defined transfusion trigger can decrease the requirement for preoperative donation of blood for autologous use in radical prostatectomy. Point-of-care autologous blood procurement is more cost-effective than preadmission donation of autologous blood units.