Resuscitation of Trauma Patients with Type-specific Uncrossmatched Blood
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health
- Vol. 24 (4) , 327-331
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-198404000-00008
Abstract
Safety of type-specific uncrossmatched blood transfusions for severely hypovolemic trauma patients was determined. During a 3-yr period, 875 units of type-specific uncrossmatched blood were given to 160 severely hypovolemic trauma patients who could not be adequately resuscitated with crystalloid solutions. No transfusion reactions resulted from the administration of type-specific uncrossmatched blood. Subsequent major crossmatch failed to identify blood incompatibility or significant antibodies. Type-specific uncrossmatched blood is safe and is a rapidly available alternative to crossmatched blood in the severely hypovolemic trauma patient.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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