title: Transfusion requirements for the management of war injured: the experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
abstract: The quantity of blood required in the total surgical care of 4470 war injured patients in four hospitals was 44.9 units for every 100 patients admitted (u/cp). Patients evacuated to hospital in less than 6 h from wounding required 59.8 u/cp; patients admitted as a result of antipersonnel mines required 103.2 u/cp. Patients with burns potentially require most blood. Whether these figures permit prediction of transfusion requirements for future conflicts is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medical Division, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eshaya-Chauvin
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Coupland
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000628:therapy; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D012011:Red Cross; D013785:Thailand; D013997:Time Factors; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*