2018 Evidence Base Of Patient Blood Management - Recommendations From The First International Consensus Conference, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Introduction: The analysis of published clinical trial results is essential for the evidence base of patient blood management (PBM). In addition, an evidence-based way of developing guidelines and recommendation is indispensable for high quality patient-centred hemotherapy. The international Consensus Conference (ICC) was set up in order to develop evidence-based clinical and research recommendations for preoperative anemia, red blood cell (RBC) transfusion thresholds in adult patients and implementation of PBM programmes.