Blood transfusion at Huu Nghi Hospital between 1/1985 and 5/2000

ABSTRACT

For more than 15 years (1985 - 2000), there were 8100 blood transfusions performed at the H÷u NghÞ Hospital using 9486 blood units/products (average 1.17 blood units per case). Blood transfusion need of patients, frequency of transfused blood group, features of canceled blood and percentage of transfused blood amount of departments were followed. The results showed that the need of blood transfusion was raising. Group O blood was the most used and group AB was least used. Departments of Surgery, Clinical Hematology, Intensive Care and Hemodialysis used abundant blood transfusion for pathological conditions, including gastric and intestinal conditions, leukemia, myelodysplasia syndrome and bone marrow failure.