Abstract
Abstract. In a retrospective study covering a 2‐year period (1986–1987), 125 patients received massive blood transfusion. Trauma accounted for only 29% of the cases. The larger nontrauma diagnostic categories were: gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 31%; cardiovascular surgery, 12%, and oncology cases, 9%. The overall survival rate was 60%; survival rates ranged from 38% for patients with hepatic failure to 100% for obstetric cases. Clinically important alloantibodies were present in 4%, and transfusion reactions occurred in 9%. Massive transfusions accounted for a significant proportion of total blood component usage: at least 12% of the yearly total red cell units, 20% of plasma, and 14% of platelets transfused.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-203 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Vox Sanguinis |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology