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Massive transfusion and massive transfusion protocol

Vijaya Patil1, Madhavi Shetmahajan1

  • 1Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
|December 24, 2014
PubMed

Haemorrhage remains a major cause of potentially preventable deaths. Rapid transfusion of large volumes of blood products is required in patients with haemorrhagic shock which may lead to a unique set of complications. Recently, protocol based management of these patients using massive transfusion protocol have shown improved outcomes. This section discusses in detail both management and complications of massive blood transfusion.

Keywords:
Blood loss managementmassive blood transfusionmassive transfusion protocol

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