Article of the Month – November 2025 – Shannon Farmer and Kevin Trentino

In this podcast, Shannon Farmer interviews Dr. Kevin Trentino about his article "Data and Metrics for Patient Blood Management: A Narrative Review and Practical Guide," featured in the November 2025 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia. Dr. Trentino discusses the pivotal yet challenging role of data in implementing Patient Blood Management (PBM) programs. He differentiates between data elements and outcome metrics, categorizing the latter using the Donabedian model, and emphasizes starting with basic data collection for effective benchmarking. The conversation explores the importance of sharing benchmarking reports across hospital levels and touches on the potential of AI in assisting with data analysis and prediction in PBM. Dr. Trentino's key message is to start collecting data, even in small amounts, and to seek help from the PBM community to drive improvements in patient care.