Exploration of patient blood management metrics for emergency departments: a 4-year retrospective monocenter study.

ABSTRACT: Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are essential in emergency departments (ED), but their practices lack standardization, often leading to inefficiencies and risks. Patient blood management is poorly developed in ED, particularly because of the diverse and acute nature of patients. Describe RBC transfusions in ED and develop a metric to benchmark RBC transfusion efficiency in the ED. This retrospective study analyzed red blood cells transfusions at a French University Hospital (2020-2023). The yearly adjusted number of transfusions per ED-patient (YANTED) was calculated by adjusting the number of ED visits to exclude low-acuity cases. Metrics included transfusion timing, urgency level (immediate life-threatening emergency, life-threatening emergency, relative emergency and nonemergency), an

SUBMITTER: Coisy F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12382135 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature