The change of peripheral white blood cell count and the transfusion of white blood cells for treating leucopenia in patients with burn sepsis
- Author:
Nguyen Van Hoi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
leucopenia, burn, sepsis, blood cell, transfusion
- MeSH:
Leukocytes;
Leukocyte Transfusion;
Burns;
Sepsis;
Therapeutics
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;425(5):63-66
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
-
Abstract:
101 patients with burn sepsis including 22 patients, having peripheral white blood cell count of < 3.109/l treated in the National Institute of Burn, had received 23 units of white blood cells in transfusion. Results showed a decrease of white blood cell count in 58.4% of burn sepsis patients, and an increase in 21.8%. The peripheral white blood cell count was related closely to the germ of sepsis, the state of infections shock and the mortality. The monitoring of white blood cell count has had good impact on early diagnosis and a prognostic significance. The transfusion of white blood cells increases the white blood cell count and promotes its restoration processes
