A simple program to improve the appropriateness of red blood cell transfusions in non-bleeding hospital patients: a before-and-after study.

IF 3 4区医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Archives of Medical Science Pub Date : 2024-01-16 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.5114/aoms/177281

Jan Herzyk, Dawid Wilczek, Renata Kopczyńska, Piotr F Czempik

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Abstract

Introduction: Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) is not devoid of risks; nor is anemia. The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of a program designed to improve the appropriateness of RBC transfusions in hospital patients.Methods: We retrospectively analyzed time periods before and after program implementation.

Results: Before program implementation 415 out of 23492 (1.8%) patients received at least 1 RBC, whereas after implementation 162 out of 25062 (0.6%) did so. The percentage of appropriate RBC transfusions increased from 23.6 to 37.1%.

Conclusions: A simple program may lead to a 3-fold decrease in transfusion rate and a significant increase in the percentage of appropriate RBC transfusions.

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改善非出血住院病人输注红细胞适当性的简单方案：前后对比研究。

导言：输注红细胞（RBC）并非没有风险，贫血也是如此。本研究旨在评估一项旨在提高医院患者输注红细胞适当性的计划的实用性：我们对计划实施前后的时间段进行了回顾性分析：结果：计划实施前，23492 名患者中有 415 名（1.8%）至少接受了 1 次红细胞，而计划实施后，25062 名患者中有 162 名（0.6%）接受了红细胞。适当输注红细胞的比例从 23.6% 提高到 37.1%：结论：一项简单的计划可将输血率降低 3 倍，并显著提高适当输注红细胞的比例。

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Archives of Medical Science 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

7.90%

发文量

139

审稿时长

1.7 months

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