Red blood cell transfusion in a tertiary Haitian hospital’s emergency department: patient characteristics and availability challenges
RBC transfusion requests are frequent in the ED of Mirebalais Teaching Hospital, with a relatively high transfusion delay. Further studies on the relevance of RBC requests and ways to reduce delay from prescription to transfusion would be beneficial to improve this situation.
Authors
- Flawendjee Djaweelentz Jacques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1990-2260)
- Maurice J. Chery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9380-6649)
- Ralph Mackenson Lefruit
- Kobel Dubique (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0399-703X)
- Samentha Cyndie Julmisse
- Ange Cindy Laurore
Institutions
- Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy (FR)
- Croatian Forest Research Institute (HR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-024-00672-8
- Primary Topic
- Blood transfusion and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00