Trends of Blood Transfusion According to Diseases in Korea: A 10-Year Nationwide Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent guidelines recommend restrictive red blood cell transfusion; therefore, hospitals have started introducing and implementing patient blood management programs. This is the first study to analyze changes in the trends of blood transfusions in the whole population over the past 10 years according to sex, age group, blood component, disease, and hospital type.

Methods

This cohort study analyzed blood transfusion records for 10 years, from January 2009 to December 2018, using nationwide population-based data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort database.

Results

The proportion of transfusion procedures conducted in the total population has increased constantly for 10 years. Although its proportion in the age group of

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091024 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature