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Introduction: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many chronic patients and elective surgical procedures have been postponed to create spaces for the hospitalization of COVID-19 patients, raising issues related to this change. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for blood products transfusion. Materials ant methods: The study presents the results of a retrospective study of blood transfusions in COVID-19 patients admitted to the Constanta County Emergency Clinical Hospital. The period of study was January-December 2021. We compared the transfusion requirement for each type of blood component in COVID 19 patients versus patients with non-COVID pathology. Results and discussions: During 2021, we transfused 282 COVID-19 patients;150 patients had only Covid pneumonia (of which 19 patients with severe forms needed intensive care in ICU-Covid), and 132 patients had various co-morbidities. The maximum blood requests was registered in the period February - April 2021, with a peak of 63 patients in April 2021. The main co-morbidities in patients with Covid 19 were: severe anemia in patients with malignant hemopathies. Anemia at admission in patients with Covid pneumonia is reported in more than 40% of patients. Moderate anemia (Hb <11 g/dL) is considered as an independent risk factor for the severe course of COVID-19 infection and mortality in these patients. The transfusion requirement in these patients was greater than 1.43 RBC (units/patient), 0.81 Plasma units/patient, 0.40 Platelets concentrate units + single donor platelet concentrate units/patient, in accordance with the associated pathology. Conclusion(s): The most requested product was packed red blood cells, the correction of anaemia being an important factor in preventing the severe course of the disease. The platelet requirement was 0.15 units/patient, thrombocytopenia being present in patients with severe evolution of the infection (hospitalized in ICU-COVID). The most requested blood groups were O+ and A+. COVID-19 transfusion data will help plan and prepare for the use of blood resources during the pandemic.Copyright © 2022 Sevigean Ali et al., published by Sciendo.
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Through this article, we aimed to analyze the main effects of the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus - Covid 19 in passenger air transport services. Passenger air transport services were one of the first industries to experience the worldwide transmission of Covid-19. Even though the last crisis that also affected this field is about a decade since it ended, no one predicted the financial decline that this industry was going to go through. Major global players have adapted new strategies with immediate application, aimed at limiting the effects of passenger slag, transforming part of the fleet for passenger transport into cargo planes and seeking to operate transports, mainly at the request of governments, from Asian countries to all globe.