Eksempler på transfusion

• Efforts have been made to minimize circuit prime to avoid homologous transfusions and blood product administration.

• Time in the operating theater, transfusions, and time to first stool will be measured on a detailed level.

• The high cost of blood transfusions has important implications for health policy.

• Because blood transfusions are generally supposed to be safe, their safety must be secured irrespective of the cost.

• In severe forms of thalassaemia, patients are dependent on transfusions for survival.

• One viewpoint would be that because allogeneic transfusions are associated with side effects, and that most of these technologies are effective, they are underused.

• A biochemical approach, called phenotyping, is in use but has important limitations as blood transfusions interfere with the results.

• The mainstay of treatment in the elderly is supportive care with blood transfusions, platelet transfusions, and early use of antibiotics.