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Transfusion support to Dengue patients in a hospital based blood transfusion service in north India

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 35; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.transci.2006.08.007

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Rajendra Chaudhary, Dheeraj Khetan, Seema Sinha, Pratul Sinha, Atul Sonker, Prashant Pandey, Sudipta Sekhar Das, Prashant Agarwal, V. Ray,

Blood donation and transfusion practices

We evaluated transfusion requirements in a retrospective study of 245 patients with various categories of Dengue infection. The majority (155/245) of our patients were of the Dengue fever (DF) category. There was no correlation between clinical bleed and platelet count as 81 non-bleeding patients were having counts < 20 x 10(3)/microL. Coagulopathy was observed in 37% of the patients with Dengue hemorrhagic fever or Dengue shock syndrome. A rapid response to platelet and fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion was observed in all cases. However, inappropriate transfusion was a major concern as transfusion of 21.5% platelet concentrates was considered inappropriate.