RT Book, Section
A1 McCreight, Audra L.
A1 Wickiser, Jonathan E.
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105686069
T1 Blood Component Therapy
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-182926-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105686069
RD 2024/04/24
AB It  is  common  to  underestimate  quantitative  blood  loss  in  the  setting  of  trauma.  Careful  and  frequent  monitoring  of  vital  signs  and  hematocrit  is  critical  in  the  detection  of  severe  hemorrhage.Massive  transfusion  protocols  exist  to  supply  O-negative  blood  and  other  essential  blood  products  for  the  resuscitation  of  the  hemodynamically  unstable  trauma  patient.Mild-to-severe  reactions  can  occur  during  the  transfusion  process  including  fever,  chills,  nausea,  hypotension,  or  shock.  Whether  this  is  caused  by  blood  type  incompatibility,  antibodies  to  donor  cells,  or  blood  product  contamination,  the  transfusion  must  be  stopped  immediately  and  the  symptoms  of  the  reaction  treated  aggressively.