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01-07-2021 | Editorial Perspective

We Asked the Experts: Autotransfusion for the Provision of Blood in Lower-and-Middle-Income Countries

Author: Timothy Craig Hardcastle

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 7/2021

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Space travel is often touted as the pinnacle of human progress, with the current missions to Mars an example thereof [1]. For those living in Lower-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), this is but a pipe-dream. They face the daily mission of survival, with much less resources than higher-income countries. The level of trauma is also well known to be higher in these countries, with the additional burden of a restricted access to safe and affordable blood transfusion [2]. …

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Title: We Asked the Experts: Autotransfusion for the Provision of Blood in Lower-and-Middle-Income Countries
Author: Timothy Craig Hardcastle
Publication date: 01-07-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 7/2021
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06089-1

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