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Patient Blood Management
Essential PBM
Patient Blood Management · Transforming Care, Saving Lives
A scientific, clinical, and multidisciplinary book that connects evidence, clinical practice, management, safety, and ethics to advance patient care.
12 chapters
Full-color edition
Multidisciplinary approach
Foreword by Prof. Dr. Axel Hofmann
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PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT
PBM
A practical guide to patient-centered careExplore Patient Blood Management
Why Patient Blood Management?
Patient Blood Management is a patient-centered strategy that combines prevention, diagnosis and treatment of anemia, blood conservation and responsible transfusion decisions.
Explore the Three Pillars of PBM, evidence-based practice and implementation across healthcare settings. The English edition offers the complete book in three formats.
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About the book
Essential PBM: Patient Blood Management — Transforming Care, Saving Lives
A book that brings together scientific evidence, clinical practice, management, and ethics around Patient Blood Management.
Across twelve chapters, the book covers the historical, physiological, and conceptual foundations of PBM and explores its Three Pillars, transfusion decision-making, transfusion service management, institutional implementation, surgical applications, and future perspectives.
The content is designed to support professionals and institutions in understanding PBM as a patient-centered care strategy that connects science, safety, quality, and sustainability.
Optimization of red blood cell massPillar 1
Minimization of blood lossPillar 2
Tolerance of anemiaPillar 3
Evidence-based
Multidisciplinary
Clinical and institutional application
Inside the book
From PBM principles to clinical practice
The book connects scientific knowledge and clinical applications through its chapters, figures and implementation strategies.
From foundations to practice
The content combines technical text, figures, tables, and visual summaries to support application of Patient Blood Management principles in real-world care.
- Anemia and diagnosis
- Three Pillars of PBM
- Reduction of blood loss
- Transfusion decision-making
- Transfusion service management
- Institutional implementation
- Surgical applications
- The future of PBM and innovation
A multidisciplinary perspective
PBM is integrated care
The book was designed for the range of professionals involved in perioperative, hospital, and transfusion care, as well as healthcare quality management.
Hematology and Transfusion Medicine
Anesthesiology and Surgery
Critical Care and Clinical Medicine
Nursing and Pharmacy
Hospital Management and Quality
Residents and Students
Patient Blood Management goes beyond reducing transfusions: it organizes care to preserve the patient’s Blood Health and improve outcomes.
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Contributors
The author and foreword contributor
Iê Bentes Fernandez
Author · Hematologist and Transfusion Medicine Specialist
Hematologist and transfusion medicine specialist with experience in transfusion medicine, healthcare management, patient safety, and Patient Blood Management implementation.
Her work integrates clinical care, team leadership, education, and the development of institutional strategies to advance care centered on the patient’s Blood Health.
Read the author’s full profileProf. Dr. Axel Hofmann, ME
Foreword contributor · International PBM expert
An international expert in Patient Blood Management, with academic, scientific, and strategic work supporting PBM implementation across different healthcare systems.
His foreword places the book within the international evolution of patient blood care and emphasizes the importance of PBM implementation at the institutional level.
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