Blood Transfusion

New Blood Transfusion Study Findings Have Been Reported from Haukeland Hospital

Published in Blood Weekly, June 23rd, 2011

2011 JUN 23 -- According to a study from Bergen, Norway, "Red blood cell concentrates (RCCs) are the major blood component transfused to patients. There is a great variability in patient response, depending on both the patient's blood volume and haemoglobin content in the RCC."

"Standardisation of transfusion practice is needed to improve the prediction of patient outcome. We hypothesise that labelling of RCCs with haemoglobin content will add possibilities for the standardisation of transfusion practice. Data from multiple international transfusion services regarding haemoglobin content and weight or volume of RCC were collected and analysed. We...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-06-23)

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