The analysis of surgical blood order protocol.

Background: Surgical procedures frequently require blood transfusion. Blood and its components are frequently ordered and cross-matched excessively, without proper analysis of the real needs. The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyse the actual intraoperative requirement vs the ordering of blood, and the transfusion practices of the University Hospital.

[Effects of sevoflurane versus target-controlled infusion of propofol on haemodynamics during elective breast surgery in healthy women].

Background: Haemodynamic changes during general anaesthesia are still being widely investigated. Although propofol and sevoflurane are commonly used anaesthetic agents, there is a lack of comparative studies assessing their influence on haemodynamic parameters. We have assessed whether the effects of target-controlled propofol anaesthesia on HR, MAP and cardiac output, are different from those seen with a sevoflurane-based protocol.