Evaluation of the Blood Transfusion Policy of the North Italy Transplant Program

Blood Transfusion and Renal Transplantation

“…In contrast, Persijn et a1 (1979) and Williams et al(l979) reported that a single transfusion yielded the maximum benefit in their patients. Others have reported that maximum benefit could be achieved with one to five transfusions, and that more than five transfusions afforded no additional benefit (Vincenti et al, 1978;Sirchia et al, 1981;Salvatierra et al 1983). It is unclear whether each transfusion should be a standard unit of blood (300 ml) or whether smaller aliquots (30 ml) would be equally effective (Sirchia et al, 1982).…”