Patterns and determinants of blood transfusion in intensive care in Sweden between 2010 and 2018: A nationwide, retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are transfused with blood products for a number of reasons, from massive ongoing hemorrhage, to mild anemia following blood sampling, combined with bone marrow depression due to critical illness. There's a paucity of data on transfusions in ICUs and most studies are based on audits or surveys. The aim of this study was to provide a complete picture of ICU-related transfusions in Sweden.

Methods

We conducted a register based retrospective cohort study with data on all adult patient admissions from 82 of 84 Swedish ICUs between 2010 and 2018, as recorded in the Swedish Intensive Care Register. Transfusions were obtained from the SCANDAT-3 database. Descriptive statistics were computed, characterizing transfused and nontransfused pa

SUBMITTER: Holmqvist J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature