Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Despite blood-conservation techniques, hemorrhage during burn excision remains substantial. It is difficult to predict the blood loss that will occur per operation and how many units the patient will require during surgery. This may result in high cross-match-to-transfusion ratios (CMTRs). METHODS:A retrospective chart review from 2001 to 2003 was performed. All adult patients with >20% total body surface area burns who underwent surgery were included in the study. Variables examined were centimeters excised, estimated blood loss, packed red blood cells transfused during surgery, preoperative and postoperative hematocrit, and CMTR. RESULTS:There were 273 operations. The average estimated blood loss was 820 mL, and; the median posttransfusion hematocrit was 27. Based on the area excised and units transfused, a ratio of packed red blood cells/cm excised was determined. A total of 1.78 U blood were transfused/1000 cm(2) excised to keep hematocrit between 25 and 31; P = 0.02. CONCLUSIONS:Estimation of excision area can predict transfusion need, which at our institution yields a low CMTR.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Criswell KK,Gamelli RLdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.11.030subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-03-01 00:00:00pages
324-6issue
3eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(05)00045-0journal_volume
189pub_type
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