Transfusion - Red Blood Cells
Forms
- Packed red cells in SAG-M (saline, adenine, glucose, mannitol) stored in
fridge up to 35 days
- rare in UK
- Whole blood
- Plasma-reduced blood
Prescribing
- when haemoglobin below 7-8 g/dl
- blood loss >1.5 L
- calculate
- adults - 1 unit raises Hb by approximately 1 g/dl
- babies - rise in Hb x 4 x weight in kg = ml of RBC
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