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Red blood cells: an analysis of risk versus benefit
1Department of Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA. ellisonn@uphs.upenn.edu
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 28, 2001
Abstract:
The value of red blood cell administration to increase oxygen carrying capacity is obvious to all clinicians. Nevertheless, there has never been a prospective, randomized, controlled study documenting the efficacy or conclusively defining the indications for red blood cell use. Considering the risks associated with allogeneic blood, careful consideration must be given before the administration of each unit of blood product.