Appropriate Management/ Monitoring
The administration of RBC transfusions is common in both children and adults with SCD. In this area, the expert panel reviewed literature to answer questions…
Lesson Category: Chapter 6: Blood Transfusion In Management Of SCD
Consensus Protocol for Monitoring Individuals on Chronic Transfusion Therapy
Consensus Protocol for Monitoring Individuals on Chronic Transfusion Therapy The following is a consensus protocol for the initiation and monitoring of patients on chronic transfusion…
Complications of Transfusions
Overview Although RBC transfusions can help ameliorate many of the acute and chronic complications of SCD-and, at times, can be life-saving-their administration is associated with…
Recommendations for the Management and Prevention of Transfusion Complications
Although the literature summarized and described in the evidence table is of very low quality in most of the areas relating to transfusion complications, the…
Indications for transfusions
Prophylactic Perioperative Transfusion Background Transfusions are commonly used in the perioperative period to prevent the development of vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs), stroke, or ACS after surgery.…
Recommendations for Acute and Chronic Transfusion Therapy
Exhibits 14-19 summarize the expert panel’s recommendations for transfusion therapy in acute and chronic complications. A more detailed discussion of the indications for transfusion and…