Download ~ Modern Blood Filters Do Not Need to be Routinely Changed for the Majority of Red Blood Cell Transfusions in New Zealand (Report) " by Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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- Title: Modern Blood Filters Do Not Need to be Routinely Changed for the Majority of Red Blood Cell Transfusions in New Zealand (Report)
- Author : Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 221 KB
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Current New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) guidelines state "one standard administration set may be used for transfusing up to four red cell units provided the flow remains adequate: in an emergency or theatre situation, 8 to 10 units may be transfused before the giving set is changed provided the giving set is changed every eight hours" (1). However, it is the impression of the authors, supported by a small, informal and unpublished survey of anaesthetic registrars and technicians, that the practice of routinely changing a blood filter during multi-unit transfusion is common even when flow remains adequate. Some of the survey respondents indicated that these filter changes are routinely being made after every second unit. The apparently common practice of routine filter changes is likely to be because studies prior to 1980 using whole blood showed that red blood cell (RBC) flow after two to four units dropped off significantly following increasing blood filter blockage due to micro-aggregation2-4.
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