Transfusion in Critical Care

Transfusion in critical care

Study looking at transfusion thresholds in critical care across nine intensive care units in Wessex. Found the median Hb prior to transfusion to be 72g/L in non-cardiac patients.

Published in anaesthesia 2017

website – https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.13824

Contributors:

Paper authors: J. O. M. Plumb, M. G. Taylor, E. Clissold, M. P. W. Grocott, R. Gill

Local trainee investigators

Dr H. Wain: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; Dr A. Chu: St Mary’s Hospital Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Dr F. Riccio: Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth; Dr C. Archer, Dr L. Chumas: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dr J. Whittles: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Dr N. Beauchamp: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust-Basingstoke; Dr V. Burgess: Dr C Papadimitriou: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Dr J. Thevanayagam: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Local consultant leads

Dr O. Crammer: St Mary’s Hospital Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Dr R. Jee: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dr N. Chee: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Dr S. Jukes: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Dr M. Galea: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; Dr H. Reschreiter, Dr A. McCormick: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dr E. Fitzgerald: Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth; Dr J. Coates: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust-Basingstoke.

Data collectors

Dr J. Valvona, Dr A Thompson: St Mary’s Hospital Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Dr H. Gordon: Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth; Dr E. David: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; Dr F. Chimbwanda, Dr M. Hamblin: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.