Técnicas de ahorro sanguíneo en cirugía

SUMMARYIntroductionBlood transfusions are tissue transplants with morbimortality and costs involved.MethodologyA description ofthe strategies consistent with the current literature that offers a review of de last decade.Results and ConclusionsWe have to deal with elderly patients with comorbidities who will undergo complex procedures. Blood transfusions must be streamlined, thorugh the development of technicalprotocols, improving the patient's condition, decreasing operative blood loss, recovering any blood losses and establishing an institutional program for autologous blood donation