Lars Thurn, Ph.D., from Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, and colleagues linked data from the Swedish National Birth Registry to the Stockholm
Transfusion Database to examine whether postpartum blood
transfusions are associated with an increased risk for TRs.
As the number of orthopedic surgical procedures rises, there is a corresponding increase in the incidence of perioperative blood
transfusions. Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty frequently receive blood
transfusions.
Keywords: Critically Ill, Inappropriate
transfusions, Patient blood management.
Blood
transfusions are the most common lifesaving medical intervention carried out in any hospital anywhere in the world.
[2] Therefore, doctors may practise their religious beliefs by refusing to administer blood
transfusions during elective procedures when other practitioners are available.
There has been recent debate about the potential risks associated with stored red blood cell
transfusions, but a number of high-quality clinical trials have not confirmed this effect.
Hemovigilance data in the present study are highly valuable in initiating changes to improve
transfusion safety such as shifting to 100% component preparation and discontinue the use of whole blood
transfusions, formulating guidelines for rational use of blood and its components.
[1] Red blood cell (RBC)
transfusions are aimed at increasing the haemoglobin concentration and hence increasing the cells' capacity for carrying and delivering oxygen to tissue.
One of the complications associated with multiple
transfusions is the formation of new and/or rare alloantibodies.
The common causes of transmission identified in the Report and other research publications include contaminated blood
transfusions, therapeutic injections, reuse of syringes and medical devices, injecting drug use, dental procedures, renal dialysis, shaving by barbers and commercial sex work.
Given these facts, we wondered how many and what kinds of pathogens have been transmitted in red blood cell
transfusions. So we launched a painstaking review of the extensive literature on this subject.
This study is mainly intended to find out the unnecessary
transfusions of FFP and the effect of FFP on coagulation profile by comparing the effect of FFP
transfusion on PT INR in mild and major coagulation abnormality cases.