"QUOTES"

Benfits of Bloodless Surgery

"There’s an avalanche of data that supports bloodless medicine."
Dr. Deitch, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at New Jersey Medical School

"Blood is often given without a thought as to what are the risks and what are the benefits."
Dr. Mark Olson, Director, Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program, Sacred Heart Hospital

"Among the benefits [of Bloodless Surgery] are reductions in recovery time, hospital stay, cost and complications -- as well as an estimated $20,000 in savings per patient."
Dr. Charles Bridges, Cardiologist, Pennsylvania Hospital

"Patients actually do better when they undergo special care and special attention to blood conservation programs."
Dr. Norman Smyke, Grant Medical Center

"Even in emergencies, blood conservation techniques can be used so that transfusions can be kept to a minimum."
The Society for the Advancement of Blood Management

"Studies [show] that skipping transfusions results in faster recoveries -- and therefore lower hospital costs."
Josie Huang- Kennebec Journal

"The belief is that this is good for everybody, not just one particular religious group."
Robert Kopchinsk, Executive Director, Society for the Advancement of Blood Management.

"Any patient who receives bloodless medicine is… the recipient of the highest quality surgery that is possible."
Dr. Michael Rose

"Open heart surgery can be performed safely without blood transfusion for cyanotic congenital cardiac defects."
Dr. T Sakamoto et al Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsudo Municipal Hospital, Chiba, Japan.

"We report the safe repair of complex open-heart surgery in children, without blood transfusion, even in small infants."
Dr. V Tsang et al Victorian Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia

"Northeast Baptist Hospital hopes by going bloodless, it will no longer have to delay or cancel surgeries due to a shortage of donated blood. And the move could save the hospital hundreds of thousands of dollars a year."
woai.com

"The case [of] Raymond Talbert: He was able to leave the hospital four days after his heart surgery. Northeast Baptist says other patients who received the same procedure with blood transfusions spent 15 to 22 days in the hospital."
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