Dr. Harry Bear answers: Do I Need a Blood Transfusion for Cancer Surgery? — -- Question: Will I need a blood transfusion and should I donate blood before breast cancer surgery? Answer: Blood ...

Is autologous blood transfusion safe and effective? The authors compared 47 trauma patients whose blood had been collected at the time of surgery with a similar group of trauma patients whose ...

Dr. McCarthy answers the question: 'Can I Donate My Own Blood Before Bypass?' — -- Question: Can I donate my own blood before bypass surgery, and what are the chances that I will need a blood ...

A new study published in the BMJ Heart showed that in infective endocarditis (IE) surgery, anemia and transfusion are quite ...

When hospitals were randomly assigned to treat patients undergoing higher-risk non-cardiac surgery with tranexamic acid (TXA) or a placebo, patients who received TXA needed significantly fewer blood ...

Change in clinical practice would have clear benefits for patients undergoing major bowel surgery, according to analysis conducted by researchers from UCL and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The ...

LBA-5: A hospital policy of tranexamic acid to reduce transfusion in major non-cardiac surgery: The TRACTION trial ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- When hospitals were randomly assigned to ...

Removing 10 per cent of a patient’s blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet ...

Bhavna Govender’s story is a reminder of the powerful difference that one act of kindness can make.