Funding for Bloodless Surgery

From the Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey Rothman delivers funds for bloodless surgery institute BY JENNIFER KIM ENGLEWOOD — Rep. Steve Rothman came back to his birthplace Jan. 29 at Englewood Hospital Medical Center (EHMC) to announce the final $1.49 million in federal funds for the hospital’s Institute for Patient Blood Management and Bloodless [...]

Study-No Significant Benefit From Transfusions in Hip Surgeries

No significant cardiovascular differences between liberal and restrictive blood transfusion strategies in surgical hip repair patients. Patients undergoing hip fracture repair surgery may become anemic after surgery and require blood transfusions. Patients treated by a restrictive transfusion strategy had no significant differences in cardiovascular outcomes compared to similar patients treated with a liberal blood transfusion [...]