EXTRACTS FROM OPINION, DATED DECEMBER 31, 2023:
“… I am writing this testimony because I believe that blood transfusions should be minimized, so I will point out a few arguments on which I base my position, as well as the perioperative attitudes to take, to avoid them.”
“Blood transfusion has many disadvantages and complications. In patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, blood transfusion is associated with an increase in hospital readmissions. In patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, infection was the most common morbidity. …
Blood transfusion administration in the perioperative period (before, during, or after surgery) significantly worsens the prognosis of cancers. …” (Footnotes omitted; original in Portuguese.)