Autologous Transfusion Practice

Zuck, Thomas F.; Carey, Patricia M.

doi:10.1159/000461126

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“…Autologous transfusion or reinfusion of a patient's own blood, anecdotal reports of which date back to the nineteenth century, gained institutional acceptance in transfusion medicine during the 1970s in USA and subsequently in Europe. The intense media coverage given to AIDS in recent years has dramatically stimulated discussion of ABT (Zuck & Carey, 1990). Autologous transfusion has special relevance for developing countries where the prevalence of HIV (1 + 2) and hepatitis (B & C) may be high in the blood donor population and where appropriate screening techniques may not be generally available.…”

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“…ABT completely eliminates the risk of disease transmission, alloimmunization, incompatibility and allergic reactions. It provides fully compatible blood for alloimmunized patients and those who are refractory to any other kind of blood transfusion due to religious beliefs (Zuck & Carey, 1990;Popovsky, 1992).…”

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“…It is the safest source of blood as it avoids the risk of alloimmunization to red cell-, platelet-and HLA-antigens, transmission of bloodborne diseases, allergic reactions and incompatibility problems. ABT may also represent a valuable resource to supplement the blood supply to a blood transfusion centre (Kruskall et al, 1986;Straurs et al, 1990;Zuck & Carey, 1990;Lee et al, 1993).…”

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Evaluation of awareness and utilization of an autologous blood transfusion programme

Dhingra-Kumar

Sikka

Madan

et al. 1997

Transfusion Medicine

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Autologous blood transfusion (ABT) has an important role in transfusion practice in the developing world due to increasing incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infection. Our study was done to evaluate the level of awareness and utilization of an autologous blood transfusion programme in a teaching hospital in Delhi. We assessed the level of awareness of preoperative ABT amongst treating physicians from different specialties in a teaching hospital through an anonymous questionnaire. The utilization of this methodology in transfusion practice was estimated from records of the Blood Transfusion Service. Of the 150 doctors contacted 96 (64%) responded. Although 67.7% of them were aware of the technique and its advantages, only 21.8% used it for the patients under their care. In the preceding 24 months 133 (1.1%) of 12,090 blood collections in the transfusion service were from autologous donor-patients. Only one unit of blood was collected from each patient, although 41.8% of them received > or = 2 units of blood. Of the 11,123 patients transfused, 55 (0.49%) received the ABT. Thus only 55 (41.3%) of 133 total ABT collections were utilized. The study highlights that there is a general lack of awareness about ABT amongst physicians. This transfusion practice is rarely and inadequately used. The study was repeated the following year after an intensive intervention strategy was adopted. The results show a trend towards improvement in the practice of ABT. This study emphasizes the need for proper organization, planning and communication between clinicians and blood transfusion personnel for effective implementation of an ABT programme, especially in countries with a high incidence of transfusion-transmitted infections and acute shortages of blood for transfusion.

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Evaluation of awareness and utilization of an autologous blood transfusion programme

Dhingra-Kumar

Sikka

Madan

et al. 1997

Transfusion Medicine

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“…It is the treatment of choice for appropriately selected patients and includes three options: preoperative autologous blood donation, peri operative blood salvage, and acute normovolemic hemodilution (12,13).…”

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Transfusion Practices in the 1990s

Menitove¹

1991

Annu. Rev. Med.

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Transfusion practice in the 1990s is expected to continue the trend established in the 1980s toward assuring appropriate use of transfusion therapy. Autologous blood collection is expected to increase further, and pharmacologic agents that promote hemostasis or cell production will be integrated into ongoing efforts to reduce homologous blood usage. Although the risk of transfusion-transmitted diseases should continue to decrease, procedures to inactivate viruses in cellular blood components will be evaluated and artificial oxygen-carrying components may become available.

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Issues in Transfusion Therapy in the Patient With Malignancy

Friedberg

1994

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

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Autologous Transfusion Practice

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Evaluation of awareness and utilization of an autologous blood transfusion programme

Evaluation of awareness and utilization of an autologous blood transfusion programme

Transfusion Practices in the 1990s

Issues in Transfusion Therapy in the Patient With Malignancy

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