Blood Transfusion

Studies from Bispebjerg Hospital Reveal New Findings on Blood Transfusion

Published in Blood Weekly, November 10th, 2011

2011 NOV 10 -- According to the authors of a study from Copenhagen, Denmark, "Background and Objectives Two main blood storage procedures can be used for storing red blood cells: refrigeration and freezing. Nevertheless, the efficiency of these procedures measured as the increase in haemoglobin after reinfusion compared with baseline has never been examined."

"The main objective was to examine which storage procedure yielded the largest increase in circulating haemoglobin after reinfusion compared to baseline. Materials and Methods Equal volumes of blood from 15 men were withdrawn and stored either frozen or refrigerated as packed red blood cells. Serial...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-11-10)

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