Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: October | Volume: 10 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 299-302
Study of Role of the Whole Blood Transfusion in Resuscitation of Severe Haemorrhage Cases in Tertiary Care Hospital of North India
Garima Singh1, Durg Pratap Singh2, Priyanka Singh3
1Department of Pathology, Autonomous State Medical College Society Firozabad,
2Department of Psychiatry Institute of Mental Health and Hospital Agra
3Department Of Obstetric and Gynaecology, St. Stephen’s College Delhi
Corresponding Author: Garima Singh
ABSTRACT
Background: Whole blood is rarely used nowadays, but in few hospitals where the blood component not available, the whole blood can be used in resuscitation of severe hemorrhage cases.
Material And Methods: This is prospective study done in the blood bank of A.S.M. college Firozabad, over 6 months, where total unit of whole blood was 850, where voluntary bloods donors units are 588, replacement units are 256 and 6 units are discarded and there is no professional blood donor. Results : Departments where the whole blood unit used in resuscitation from the sever hemorrhage causes are, gynae & obstetric department issued 386 unit whole blood, pediatric department 150, surgery 215, medicine 77, trauma 10,few others departments (ophthalmology, laryngology, and orthopedic department) where two unit of the whole blood used by each department during the study periods.
Conclusion: Whole Blood still can be play role in saving the life from sever hemorrhage causes, if component therapy not available, but make sure that careful group matching, compatibility matching, and TTI testing to decrease the risk of transfusion reaction and increase the survival rate.
Key words: Whole Blood, Hemorrhage, Resuscitation, Component.