Blood conservation in the surgical patient

Principles of blood transfusion coagulation and hemostasis principles of oxygen transport blood conservation perioperative hemoglobin requirements preoperative autologous blood donation acute normovolemic hemodilution deliberate hypotension blood salvage techniques blood substitutes blood conservation in Jehovah's witnesses blood conservation in special situations: anaesthesiologists' viewpoints - obstetrics and gynaecology, orthotopic liver transplantation, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, paediatric surgery, orthopaedic surgery surgical haemostasis and blood conservation - endovascular embolization in the management of skull-base tumours, cardiac and thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, head and neck surgery, orthopaedic surgery, trauma surgery, plastic surgery and burns.