Patient Blood Management Guidelines: Module 2

Perioperative

2.2 Review and research

2.2.2 Background material

Material relevant to the background question was gathered by fellows or registrars under the supervision of CRG members. Sources included medical textbooks, grey literature, published scientific and review articles, series yearbooks and other relevant medical literature; however, systematic review processes were not applied. The question researched is given in Box 2.2.

Box 2.2 Background research question

Background question 1 – Does choice of anaesthetic agent or technique reduce blood loss and transfusion?