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Autologous Blood Donation: Further Reading

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  1. Goldman M, Savard R, Long A, Gélinas S, Germain M. Declining value of preoperative autologous donation. Transfusion 2002; 42:819-23. [Medline]
  2. Blum LN, Allen JR, Genel M, Howe JP 3rd. Crossover use of donated blood for autologous transfusion: report of the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association. Transfusion 1998 Sep.; 38(9):891-5. [ Medline ]
  3. Feagan BG, Wong CJ, Johnston WC, Arellano R, Colterjohn N, Karkouti K, et al. Transfusion practices for elective orthopedic surgery. CMAJ 2002 Feb. 5; 166(3):310-4.
  4. Goldman M, Remy-Prince S, Trepanier A, Decary F. Autologous donation error rates in Canada. Transfusion 1997 May; 37(5):523-7. [ Medline ]
  5. Kanter MH, van Maanen D, Anders KH, Castro F, Win Mya W, Clark K. A study of an educational intervention to decrease inappropriate preoperative autologous blood donation: its effectiveness and the effect on subsequent transfusion rates in elective hysterectomy. Transfusion 1999 Aug.; 39(8):801-7. [ Medline ]
  6. Letts M, Perng R, Luke B, Jarvis J, Lawton L, Hoey S. An analysis of a preoperative pediatric autologous blood donation program (pdf file). Can J Surg 2000 Apr.; 43(2):125-9.
  7. Moltzan C, Proulx N, Bormanis J, Lander N, Degroot H, Rock G. Perceptions and motivations of Canadian autologous blood donors. Transfus Med 2001 Jun.; 11(3):177-82. [ Medline ]
  8. Perkins J, Kaminer L, Kruskall M, Cannon M, Uhl L, Dzik W, et al. Should the FDA mandate that autologous units drawn and transfused within a single institution be tested for markers of infectious disease? Transfusion. 2000 Jun.; 40(6):752-4. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]
  9. Popovsky MA, Whitaker B, Arnold NL. Severe outcomes of allogeneic and autologous blood donation: frequency and characterization. Transfusion 1995 Sep.; 35(9):734-7. [ Medline]
  10. Vanderlinde ES, Heal JM, and Blumberg N. Autologous transfusion. Br Med J 2002; 324:772-5.
  11. Yomtovian R. Practical aspects of preoperative autologous transfusion. Am J Clin Pathol 1997 Apr.; 107(4 Suppl 1):S28-35. [ Medline ]

Hospital based high risk programs

Cormack JG. Autologous blood donation in high risk patients. Department of Anaesthesia, W.C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. http://www.anesthesia.org/winterlude/wl98/Cormack.htm

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