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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul;95(7):E158-E160.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.25823. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Blood and blood product use during COVID-19 infection

Bingwen Eugene Fan  1   2   3   4 , Kiat Hoe Ong  1   2   3   4 , Stephrene Seok Wei Chan  1   3   4 , Barnaby Edward Young  3   4   5   6 , Vanessa Cui Lian Chong  1 , Siew Ping Connie Chen  7 , Shu Ping Lim  7 , Geok Ping Lim  7 , Ponnudurai Kuperan  1   2   3   4
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Blood and blood product use during COVID-19 infection

Bingwen Eugene Fan et al. Am J Hematol. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare no competing interests. This study was approved by the National Healthcare Group Domain Specific Review Board (DSRB).

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Transfusion requirements, laboratory parameters, clinical course and outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 infection. Patients 4, 6, 8, and 9 had normal PT and APTT values which were not reflected. Reference ranges: Hemoglobin (Hb): males 13.6‐16.6 g/dL; females 11.8‐14.6 g/dL. Platelets: 150‐360 × 109/L. Prothrombin time (PT): 11.7‐14.0 seconds. Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT): 27.0‐37.0 seconds. Fibrinogen: 1.8‐4.5 g/L. D‐Dimer: <0.50 μg/mL. (formula image) Symptomatic, not admitted; (formula image) isolation ward; (formula image) high dependency, high flow oxygen; (formula image) ICU, mechanical ventilation; (formula image) death; B, packed red blood cells; P, platelets; F, fresh frozen plasma; E, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; *, oxygen; ^, platelet clumps
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