Key points
- This paper discusses an unexplored variable: use of blood transfusion
in a major ENT, Head & Neck Centre in the United Kingdom.
- The paper highlights patterns associated with Red Blood Cell (RBC)
transfusion use within the specialty and highlights idiosyncratic
practices of surgeons.
- The authors discuss the financial burden posed by the use of RBC
transfusions by a high volume ENT centre.
- The paper suggests a way forward to improve clinical practice which
can be beneficial to patients and the health economy at large.