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transfusion criteria

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transfusion criteria
Transfusion medicine Any objective criterion–eg, Hct, Hb, that would indicate a need for transfusing a blood product


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These solutions included (1) requiring hemoglobin/hematocrit measurement for concordance with the guidelines before a second unit is transfused; (2) adding symptoms to the blood-component order form to guide transfusion decisions; (3) integrating weight-based transfusion criteria for FFP; and (4) implementing a revised, enterprisewide order form with the aforementioned changes.
Explanations for the decrease in the number of transfusions include limiting the volume of blood tests, the utilization of a smaller volume of blood to perform these tests, the use of noninvasive means of assessing oxygenation and ventilation (pulse oximetry and transcutaneous monitoring), the use of erythropoietin therapy, and the adoption of various restricted transfusion criteria.
 
 
 
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