title: Blood: use and abuse of whole blood and fractions.
abstract: Guidelines for the replacement of blood and various components of blood in cases of hemorrhage, anemia, thrombocytopenia, granulocytopenia, and coagulation disorders are presented. Complications of various therapies, such as the transmission of hepatitis B in the transfusion of pooled plasma, and methods of calculating the number of units of a particular component needed in a particular patient are considered.
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000628:therapy; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D001810:Blood Volume; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000637:transplantation; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000628:therapy; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000628:therapy