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Comparative Study
. 1987 May-Jun;27(3):222-5.
doi: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1987.27387235624.x.

Blood use in liver transplantation

J H Lewis, F A Bontempo, F Cornell, J E Kiss, P Larson, M V Ragni, E O Rice, J A Spero, T E Starzl
Comparative Study

Blood use in liver transplantation

J H Lewis et al. Transfusion. 1987 May-Jun.

Abstract

During the first 5 years (1981-1985) of the liver transplantation program in Pittsburgh, a total (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative) of 18,668 packed red cell units, 23,627 fresh-frozen plasma units, 20,590 platelet units, and 4241 cryoprecipitate units was transfused for the procedures. This represents 3 to 9 percent of the total of blood products supplied by the Central Blood Bank to its 32 member hospitals. Six hundred thirty-six (636) transplants were performed on 485 patients in two hospitals: the Presbyterian University Hospital (564 beds) and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (236 beds). All of the blood components used in the operations were procured and released by the Central Blood Bank. This report describes some of these findings.

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Figures

FIG 1
FIG 1
Numbers of LTx per year, per hospital, and per repeat operation.
FIG 2
FIG 2
Mean units of RBC, FFP, or platelets used per operation per year (including second and third LTx). Plat = platelets.
FIG 3
FIG 3
Mean units of RBC and FFP in second LTx related to the interval between first and second LTx.
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