Red blood cell transfusion for critically ill patients admitted through the emergency department in South Korea
Despite the large number of RBC transfusions used in contradiction to the restrictive strategy, there was no notable difference in the prognosis of critically ill patients. To minimize unnecessary RBC transfusions, the promotion of transfusion guidelines and research on transfusion criteria that reflect individual patient conditions are required.
Authors
- Chiwon Ahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1813-1098)
- Hyuk Joong Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5458-5919)
- T Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7304-3615)
- Yongil Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5027-6345)
- J Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-6870)
- Joonbum Park
- Wonhee Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7055-2500)
Institutions
- Soonchunhyang University (KR)
- Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul (KR)
- Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital (KR)
- Hanyang University (KR)
- Chung-Ang University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acute and Critical Care
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4266/acc.2024.00577
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Blood transfusion and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.45
Funders
- Korea Health Industry Development Institute