The metabolic load of stored blood. Implications for major transfusions in infants.

Abstract

of venous and capillary sampling, but it would have been interesting to have had two groups, one in which capillary sampling preceded arterial sampling and one in which it was done afterwards. Our data did not show a variation in the white cell count, and I wonder what mechanism Dr Shohat proposes for his observed rise during and after lumbar puncture. These points emphasise the difficulties in establishing a reference range of white blood count values for infants, particularly preterm infants, and in interpreting results by comparing them with published ranges. Application of the International Committee for Standardisation in Haematology guidelines for the standardisation of blood specimen collection procedures for reference values is obviously impractical. but it is clear that the method of sampling does

The Effect of Long Storage of Whole Blood Components on the Level of 2,3 Diphosphoglycerate and Lactic Acid in the Blood Bank, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

“…Transfusions of stored blood with increased lactate concentration by a mean concentration of 8 mmol/L during the first week of storage will increase metabolic acidosis. 6 This research was conducted on the blood component of WB and measured the levels of 2,3 DPG and lactic acid at the storage period of the 1 st , 5 th , 10 th , 20 th , and 30 th day. The selection of 2,3 DPG and lactic acid was based because they were the most influencing parameters for oxygenation to the tissues.…”