[HSF] old vs new blood

[Tea Acuff]

We let the blood banks decide for us
tea



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From: Prasanna Simha M <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:09:24 PM
Subject: Re: [HSF] old vs new blood

You can - use the freshest possible blood. That is routine with us.The
best thing is avoid transfusion in the first place if possible by
treating every patient as if he was a potential Jehovah. regular
practice makes it  effortless after some time.
Prasanna

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Michael Firstenberg <msfirst at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone see this weeks NEJM article from the CCF
>
>  conclusions:  "....transfusion of red cells that had been stored for more
>  than two weeks was associated with a significantly increased risk of
>  complications and worse short/long term survival"
>
>
>  no surprise, but is there anything we can do about it?
>
>  comments?
>
>  -michael
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