title: [Use of erythrocyte sediments in a regional hospital].
abstract: At a medium sized hospital, efforts were made to economize therapeutic use of blood by replacing whole blood by cell concentrates with a hematocrit of 75%. Transfusion of red cell concentrates was increased from 5 to 30% within one year. The number of blood units transfused to individual patients was generally very small and it should therefore be possible to increase the use of red cell concentrates substantially above this figure without creating problems. The clinical advantages of transfusing red cell concentrates containing a negligible amount of plasma are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
vernacular_title: Einsatz von Erythrozytensedimenten an einem Regionalspital