Preoperative Bleeding Risk Assessment – An anaesthetist’s perspective
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English - March 20, 2023 00:37 - 16 minutes - 31.3 MBMedicine Health & Fitness trauma bleeding patientbloodmanagement pbm tranexamicacid Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Identifying a patient’s risk of bleeding preoperatively is an integral step in developing a blood management plan to minimise blood loss during surgery. It is the responsibility of a multidisciplinary team that may include general practitioners, surgeons, nurses, anaesthetists, haematologists and allied health staff.
Clinical Associate Dr Philip Crispin from Canberra Hospital talks about the haematologist’s role in preoperative risk assessment.