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Patient blood management in major digestive surgery in Italy: the time has come… .

In this issue of the Journal of the Italian Surgical Association, Catarci et al1 present recommendations derived from a con-sensus conference on patient blood management (PBM) in major digestive surgery, developed from an Italian multi- society (Associazione Chirurghi Ospedalieri Italiani, ACOI; Società Italiana di Anestesia, Analgesia, Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva, SIAARTI; Società Italiana di Emaferesi e Manipolazione Cellulare, SIdEM; Società Italiana di Medicina Trasfusionale e Immunoematologia, SIMTI) initiative.1 In recent years, multiple strategies for PBM have been developed...