• Transfus Apher Sci · Dec 2014

    Perioperative red blood cell transfusion for patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery: an audit at a Chinese tertiary hospital.

    • Chiu-Wen Chou, Rongrong Xu, Lu Yang, and Wenqi Huang.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: chiuwen.chou@gmail.com.
    • Transfus Apher Sci. 2014 Dec 1; 51 (3): 99-103.

    AbstractPerioperative blood transfusion still takes a large proportion in inappropriate blood transfusion. As the data are limited in China, we reported a perioperative red blood cell (RBC) transfusion practices in a tertiary hospital in Guangzhou, China. In 2008-2009, patients who underwent elective surgeries receiving RBC transfusions were recorded and the rate of overtransfusion was analyzed. Overtransfusion was defined as discharge hemoglobin (Hb) exceeding 10 g/dL. The median amount of RBC transfused perioperatively was four units in all 2572 patients. The overall rate of overtransfusion was 48.6% and the Department of Neurosurgery had the highest overtransfusion rate. These results are of great use for the future management of blood resource.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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