What thresholds or “transfusion triggers” are used around the USA for RBC and platelet transfusions?
There are three excellent links that I can provide to you which provide evidence of when to use blood products appropriately: The first link is to a recently published pamphlet from the American Red Cross entitled, Practice Guidelines for Blood Transfusion. http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/profess/pgbtscreen.pdf The second link is to the current Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood Products http://www.aabb.org/Documents/About_Blood/Circulars_of_Information/coiwnv0702.pdf The final link is to the e-Network Forum of the CBBS, which is an international discussion group for transfusion medicine topics. You can search that website for relevant discussions by the Forum. http://www.cbbsweb.org/enetcommun.html Ira A.
