Prescription of red cell concentrates by emergency physicians
| Autor: | Éric Edmur Camargo Arruda, João Carlos Pina Faria, Bianca Cansian, Alexandre Szulman, Camila Augusta Victorino |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Emergency Medical Services
medicine.medical_specialty Medicine (General) Erythrocytes Blood transfusion medicine.medical_treatment 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Emergency treatment Asymptomatic Sepsis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 Statistical significance medicine Hemotherapy Humans Medical prescription business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Transfusion medicine General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Pneumonia Cross-Sectional Studies Prescriptions Emergency medicine Erythrocyte transfusion medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Vol 66, Iss 4, Pp 466-471 (2020) Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira v.66 n.4 2020 Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB) instacron:AMB |
| ISSN: | 1806-9282 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the adequacy of the prescription of red cell concentrates by emergency physicians. METHODS A cross-sectional study based on the survey of transfusion requests records completed by emergency physicians, from May/2018 to April/2019, in an emergency hospital. Adequacy in the indication, volume, and subtype (filtered, irradiated, and washed) of prescribed erythrocytes were evaluated. To compare the qualitative data, we used the χ2 test. The significance level adopted was 5%. RESULTS One thousand and twenty-two transfusions were evaluated. The indication, volume, and subtypes were correct in 72.7%, 45.9%, and 81.6% respectively. Transfusion in symptomatic patients presented superior adequacy when compared to asymptomatic individuals with significant statistical difference (indication: 79,6% vs 67.2%, p |
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