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- Cristina Alomar-Dominguez, Johannes Bösch, and Dietmar Fries.
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Apr 1; 37 (2): 144147144-147.
Purpose Of ReviewThe purpose of this article is to provide a structural and practical analysis of the currently available data concerning prehospital transfusion of allogeneic blood products in cases of trauma and severe bleeding.Recent FindingsPrehospital transfusion of allogeneic blood products is a very early intervention, which may offer the potential to improve outcome, but that also comes with challenges including resource allocation, blood product storage, logistics, patient selection, legal and ethical considerations, adverse effects, and costs. Potential benefits including improved stability and reduction in coagulopathy and blood loss have not yet been clearly demonstrated.SummaryThe questionable efficacy and challenges in clinical practice may outweigh the potential benefits of prehospital allogeneic transfusion.Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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