Massive transfusion for hemorrhagic shock: what every critical care nurse needs to know.
Massive transfusion is defined as complete replacement of a patient's blood volume or approximately 10 units of packed red blood cells within a 24-hour period or one red blood cells volume in 24 hours for a pediatric patient. This article reviews the most recent understanding and recommendations in massive transfusion along with the unintended consequences in the management of patients with profound hemorrhage.
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: SusanThibeault@hotmail.com.
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D001803:Blood Transfusion; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*
Coagulopathy; Hemorrhagic shock; Massive transfusion; Red blood cell transfusion