Two-Unit Red Cell Transfusions in Stable Anemic Patients

J Hosp Med. 2017 Sep;12(9):747-749. doi: 10.12788/jhm.2806.

Authors

Rajiv N Thakkar¹, Stanley J Podlasek², Leo C Rotello¹, Paul M Ness², Steven M Frank³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 28914281
DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2806

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anemia / complications
Anemia / diagnosis*
Anemia / therapy*
Erythrocyte Transfusion / methods*
Erythrocyte Transfusion / standards
Humans
Male
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / complications
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / therapy