Electronic health records reveal variations in the use of blood units by hour and medical specialty
The study offers a comprehensive picture of blood use in one of the largest European hospital organizations. In addition to elective use, a significant portion of blood demand is driven by urgent and emergency needs, which introduce some uncertainty in predicting blood use. Future studies should aim to understand both elective and emergency blood use to help improve demand estimates.
Authors
- Minna Ilmakunnas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8469-4091)
- Esa Turkulainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8844-9344)
- Mikko Arvas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6902-8488)
- Miika Koskinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7267-5811)
- Markus Perola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4842-1667)
- Elissa Peltola
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Finnish Red Cross (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vox Sanguinis
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.70016
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Blood transfusion and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.32