Analysis of Massive Transfusion Blood Product Use in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
10.17945/kjbt.2018.29.3.253
- Author:
Young Ae LIM
1
;
Kyoungwon JUNG
;
John Cook Jong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. limyoung@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Massive transfusion;
ABO blood group;
Emergency
- MeSH:
Blood Banks;
Blood Platelets;
Blood Transfusion;
Education;
Emergencies;
Hospital Information Systems;
Humans;
Plasma;
Tertiary Healthcare*;
Tissue Donors;
Trauma Centers
- From:Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion
2018;29(3):253-261
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: A massive blood transfusion (MT) requires significant efforts by the Blood Bank. This study examined blood product use in MT and emergency O Rh Positive red cells (O RBCs) available directly for emergency patients from the Trauma Center in Ajou University Hospital. METHODS: MT was defined as a transfusion of 10 or more RBCs within 24 hours. The extracted data for the total RBCs, fresh frozen plasma (FFP), platelets (PLTs, single donor platelets (SDP) and random platelet concentrates (PC)) issued from Blood Bank between March 2016 and November 2017 from Hospital Information System were reviewed. SDP was considered equivalent to 6 units of PC. RESULTS: A total of 345 MTs, and 6233/53268 (11.7%) RBCs, 4717/19376 (24.3%) FFP, and 4473/94166 (4.8%) PLTs were used in MT (P < 0.001). For the RBC products in MT and non-MT transfusions, 28.0% and 34.1% were group A; 27.1% and 26.0% were group B; 37.3% and 29.7% were group O, and 7.5% and 10.2% were group AB (P < 0.001). The ratios of RBC:FFP:PLT use were 1:0.76:0.72 in MT and 1:0.31:1.91 in non-MT (P < 0.001). A total of 461 O RBCs were used in 36.2% (125/345) of MT cases and the number of O RBCs transfused per patient ranged from 1 to 18. CONCLUSION: RBCs with the O blood group are most used for MT. Ongoing education of clinicians to minimize the overuse of emergency O RBCs in MT is required. A procedure to have thawed plasma readily available in MT appears to be of importance because FFP was used frequently in MT.
