RT Book, Section
A1 Chajewski, Olga S.
A1 Squires, Jerry E.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137608441
T1 Postoperative Blood Transfusion
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137608441
RD 2024/04/18
AB Over  13.8  million  units  of  red  blood  cells  are  transfused  to  over  5  million  patients  in  the  United  States  in  2011;  blood  transfusion  is  one  of  the  most  common  procedure  codes  recorded  at  discharge  for  hospitalized  patients.  It  is  estimated  that  60%  to  70%  of  these  transfusions  occur  in  relation  to  surgical  procedures.  For  over  40  years  it  was  generally  assumed  that  patients  benefitted  from  transfusions  whenever  the  hemoglobin  fell  below  10  g/dL  or  if  the  hematocrit  fell  below  30%  (the  so-called  “10/30  rule”).  Controversy  remains  regarding  the  appropriate  selection  of  patients  requiring  transfusion,  as  well  as  the  recognition  and  management  of  adverse  transfusion  reactions.