Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the Elderly
(1) Division of General Internal Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Abstract The elderly population is growing rapidly, and the prevalence of anemia is…
CRITICAL CARE
Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trigger in Cardiac Surgery
Fig. 5.1 Forest plot of the odds of mortality for transfusion versus no transfusion from observational studies. Individual references are available on request 5.3 Randomised Controlled Trials on Red Blood…
Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trigger in Brain Injury
, Dean Fergusson1 and Lauralyn McIntyre1, 2 (1) Centre for Transfusion Research, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada (2) Department of Medicine (Critical Care), The University of Ottawa,…
FFP Transfusion in Intensive Care Medicine
Fig. 14.1 Factor concentrations in white-cell-reduced FFP (Taken from Stanworth et al. [2]) 14.1.2 Indications for FFP Use in Critical Illness The use of FFP in critical illness has increased…
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury
TRALI Acute onset within 6 h after a blood transfusion PaO2/FiO2 <300 mmHg Bilateral infiltrative changes on the chest X-ray No sign of hydrostatic pulmonary edema (PAOP <18 mmHg or…
Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trigger in Sepsis
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Nicole P. Juffermans and Timothy S. Walsh (eds.)Transfusion in the Intensive Care Unit10.1007/978-3-319-08735-1_3 3. Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trigger in Sepsis Jean-Louis Vincent1 (1) Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital,…
Alternatives to Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Product class Product Company Technology Status Cross-linked Hb HemAssist (ααHb, DCLHb) Baxter Cross-linked Hb Discontinued; safety; increased mortality US army Cross-linked Hb rHb 1.1 Somatogen Recombinant Hb Discontinued; safety; hypertension…
Introduction
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Nicole P. Juffermans and Timothy S. Walsh (eds.)Transfusion in the Intensive Care Unit10.1007/978-3-319-08735-1_1 1. Introduction Nicole P. Juffermans1, 2 and Timothy S. Walsh3 (1) Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Room G3-206,…
Causes of Anemia in Critically Ill Patients
Fig. 2.1 Schematic diagram demonstrating the possible causes of anemia in critically ill patients 2.2 Anemia of Chronic Disease Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) is a common form of anemia…
Platelet Transfusion Trigger in the Intensive Care Unit
Test Method of action Current use PFA-100 (closure time) Mimics a bleeding time by forcing whole blood at high shear through holes in a membrane coated with collagen and either…
