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Blood component therapy during the neonatal period: a national survey of red cell transfusion practice, 1985. 1990

R A Sacher, and R G Strauss, and N L Luban, and M Feil, and H B Anstall, and A Barnes, and V S Blanchette, and S H Butch, and H A Hume, and S V Kevy
Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

A questionnaire to determine patterns of neonatal red cell transfusion practice during 1985 was mailed to 2200 blood banks of American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) institutional members and children's hospitals. There were 915 responses (41.6%); 785 responses (86%) contained sufficient data for analysis. The majority (70.6%) of 785 responding hospitals were community/urban institutions. However, more highly specialized, pediatric hospitals were also represented by 92 university/tertiary-care hospitals (11.7% of respondents) and 29 children's hospitals (3.7% of respondents). Two-thirds of hospitals performed a major antiglobulin crossmatch (rather than an abbreviated one) before all neonatal red cell transfusions. The red cell preparation most frequently selected for small-volume transfusions was ABO and Rh group-specific red cell concentrates. When performing only large-volume exchange transfusions, 19.2 percent of hospitals used whole blood; all others prepared reconstituted units of red cells plus fresh-frozen plasma, a practice that frequently causes exposure to two donors per unit. Another practice likely leading to multiple donor exposure is the use of fresh-frozen plasma to adjust the hematocrit of red cell preparations to a predetermined value prior to a small-volume transfusion. Over one-half of hospitals adjusting hematocrits used plasma, presumably from one donor, to dilute packed red cells from another donor, a practice that has no apparent medical benefit. Most hospitals (63.4%) provided red cells with a reduced risk of transmitting cytomegalovirus; blood from seronegative donors was selected by 65 percent of hospitals. The majority of hospitals, including most of the community/urban hospitals, did not irradiate blood products before transfusion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007230 Infant, Low Birth Weight An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less. Low Birth Weight,Low-Birth-Weight Infant,Birth Weight, Low,Birth Weights, Low,Infant, Low-Birth-Weight,Infants, Low-Birth-Weight,Low Birth Weight Infant,Low Birth Weights,Low-Birth-Weight Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D001803 Blood Transfusion The introduction of whole blood or blood component directly into the blood stream. (Dorland, 27th ed) Blood Transfusions,Transfusion, Blood,Transfusions, Blood
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015931 Intensive Care, Neonatal Continuous care and monitoring of newborn infants with life-threatening conditions, in any setting. Infant, Newborn, Intensive Care,Neonatal Intensive Care,Care, Neonatal Intensive
D017707 Erythrocyte Transfusion The transfer of erythrocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor. Red Blood Cell Transfusion,Red Blood Cell Transfusions,Transfusion, Red Blood Cell,Transfusions, Red Blood Cell,Erythrocyte Transfusions,Transfusion, Erythrocyte,Transfusions, Erythrocyte

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