Wikipedia:Choosing Wisely/American Association of Blood Banks

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Articles of interest

Articles relating to American Association of Blood Banks content
article	traffic in April 2014*	sources cited	change summary
American Association of Blood Banks	115
Blood transfusion	30645	1	Because each unit of blood given carries risks, a trigger level lower than that at 7-8 g/dL is increasingly being used and has been shown to have better patient outcomes
Blood transfusion	30645	5	"The use of this (O negative) blood should be restricted to persons with O negative blood ... and women who might be pregnant"
Oxygen saturation in medicine	26378
Iron deficiency	22453	2	even if such people have low hemoglobin, they should be given oral treatment or intravenous iron
Warfarin	67009	3	Blood products should not be routinely used to reverse warfarin when vitamin K could work alone.
Complete blood count	41622	4	the person should have only one blood count for the day, and the transfusion of red blood cells or platelets should be planned based on that
Blood type	149870	5	(O negative blood) use should be restricted to persons with O negative blood ... and women who might be pregnant"

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References

American Association of Blood Banks (24 April 2014), "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question", Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, American Association of Blood Banks, retrieved 25 July 2014, which cites

1. • Carson, JL; Grossman, BJ; Kleinman, S; Tinmouth, AT; Marques, MB; Fung, MK; Holcomb, JB; Illoh, O; Kaplan, LJ; Katz, LM; Rao, SV; Roback, JD; Shander, A; Tobian, AA; Weinstein, R; Swinton McLaughlin, LG; Djulbegovic, B; Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee of the, AABB (Jul 3, 2012). "Red blood cell transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB*". Annals of Internal Medicine. 157 (1): 49–58. PMID 22751760.
2. • AABB (2011). Guidelines for Patient Blood Management and Blood. ISBN 978-1-56395-333-0.
   • Lin, DM; Lin, ES; Tran, MH (Oct 2013). "Efficacy and safety of erythropoietin and intravenous iron in perioperative blood management: a systematic review". Transfusion medicine reviews. 27 (4): 221–34. PMID 24135037.
   • Friedman, AJ; Chen, Z; Ford, P; Johnson, CA; Lopez, AM; Shander, A; Waters, JH; van Wyck, D (Dec 2012). "Iron deficiency anemia in women across the life span". Journal of women's health (2002). 21 (12): 1282–9. PMID 23210492.
3. • Holbrook, A; Schulman, S; Witt, DM; Vandvik, PO; Fish, J; Kovacs, MJ; Svensson, PJ; Veenstra, DL; Crowther, M; Guyatt, GH; American College of Chest, Physicians (Feb 2012). "Evidence-based management of anticoagulant therapy: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines". Chest. 141 (2 Suppl): e152S-84S. PMID 22315259.
4. • Napolitano, LM; Kurek, S; Luchette, FA; Corwin, HL; Barie, PS; Tisherman, SA; Hebert, PC; Anderson, GL; Bard, MR; Bromberg, W; Chiu, WC; Cipolle, MD; Clancy, KD; Diebel, L; Hoff, WS; Hughes, KM; Munshi, I; Nayduch, D; Sandhu, R; Yelon, JA; American College of Critical Care Medicine of the Society of Critical Care, Medicine; Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Practice Management, Workgroup (Dec 2009). "Clinical practice guideline: red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care". Critical care medicine. 37 (12): 3124–57. PMID 19773646.
5. • The Chief Medical Officer’s National Blood Transfusion Committee (c. 2008). "The appropriate use of group O RhD negative red cells" (PDF). National Health Service. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

Links

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