The Transfusion
Evidence Alert email came into my in-box this morning. As always there was far
more that I could possibly take in in any one sitting, but one article made me
think.
Older
blood… does the age of transfused blood have any bearing on a patient’s
clinical outcome. Obviously the stuff doesn’t last forever; it comes with an
expiry date. But does giving older or fresher blood matter? Now it would seem
that giving
fresher blood to trauma cases reduces mortality.
Something
to bear in mind? Especially as a trauma case requiring a *lot* of blood
may well be seen as a way to shift the old stock?
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