Transfusion Guidelines

Quick Guide for patients with bleeding:

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FFP
10-15 ml/kg FFP (1 u=~250 ml)
-generalized non-surgical bleeding with plt > 70,000 and PT or PTT >1.5 times normal (or have been transfused > 1 blood volume).
-factor deficiencies (e.g., Protein C or S, Antithrombin III), if specific factor unavailable
-urgent reversal warfarin (5-8 ml/kg)
-TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura)
-follow PT, PTT

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Platelets
1 "6-pack" should increase plt by 30-60K
(actually, UNC uses plasma apheresis - each bag is ~250cc from one donor)
-Platelet count <10-20,000 in a non-bleeding patient with a failure of platelet production
-Platelet count < 50,000 and impending surgery or invasive procedure
-Diffuse microvascular bleeding in a patient with documented DIC or transfusion >= 1 blood volume and platelet count < 50,000, or lab values not yet available.
-Diffuse microvascular bleeding following cardiopulmonary bypass or IABP and Platelet ct. <100,000, or lab values not yet available.
-Bleeding in a patient with a qualitative platelet defect, regardless of platelet ct.

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Cryoprecipitate
0.1 u/kg cryo
-fibrinogen, Factor VIII, and Factor XIII deficiency
-von Willebrand’s disease (vWD) patients with bleeding unreponsive to DDAVP.
-diffuse microvascular bleeding (e.g., in massively transfused patients) with fibrinogen < 80-100 mg/dl
-check fibrinogen level before and after dose

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Packed Red Blood Cells
-Symptomatic anemia in a normovolemic patient, regardless of Hgb level
-Acute blood loss of >15% of estimated blood volume, with evidence of inadequate oxygen delivery
-Preop Hgb level <8g/dl, and operative procedure associated with major blood loss
-Hgb < 9g/dl in a patient on a chronic transfusion regimen.

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