Blood Transfusion and Blood Products (Exam 2) Flashcards
What is the Composition of Blood?
- Plasma 55%
- Formed Elements 45% ( platelets, leukocytes, erthrocytes)
What Blood type is the Universal Donor? What Blood type is the Universal acceptor/recipient?
- Donor: O negative
- Recipitent: AB postive
How many varieties of Hemoglobin structures are there?
- Many per Dr Cornelius
Name the Blood Type Antigens.
- Antigens: A, B, AB, O
What are the normal blood type Rh factors and their percentages?
- Rh+ = ~85%
- Rh- = ~15%
What is the largest component of whole blood?
Plasma
What is the Primary job of the Red blood cell?
- Oxygen transportation
What is a common cause of hypoxia?
- Anemia
- Not enough red blood cells to transport oxygen.
Blood Type O: Erythrocyte Antigens and Serum Antigens
- Erythrocyte: None
- Serum: Anti A&B
Blood Type AB: Erythrocyte Antigens and Serum Antigens
- Erythrocyte:A&B
- Serum: none
Blood Type B: Erythrocyte Antigens and Serum Antigens
- Erythrocyte: B
- Serum: Anti A
Blood Type A: Erythrocyte Antigens and Serum Antigens
- Erythrocyte: A
- Serum: Anti-B
Blood Compatibility
Whole Blood Transfusion: Contents and Uses
- All cells, platelets, clotting factors and plasma
- Uses: replace blood loss from hemorrhage
Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Content and Uses
- Content: Red blood cells and some plasma
- Uses: Replace red blood cells in anemic patients.
Platelet Transfusion: Contents and Uses
- Contents: Thrombocytes and some plasma
- Uses: replace platelets in patients with thrombocytopenia
Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) Transfusion: Contents and Use
- Content: plasma, combination of fluids, clotting factors, and proteins
- Uses: Replace volume in a burn patient or hypovolemic
Clotting Transfusion: Contents and Uses
- Contents: Specific clotting factors needed for coagulation
- Uses: Replace factors missing due to inadequate production as in hemophilia
What is the specific gravity of RBC?
1.08 - 1.09
What is the Specific Gravity of Platelets?
1.03 - 1.04
If you centrifuge whole blood what layers will everything settle into (top to bottom)?
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- WBC
- RBC
What component of blood is used in localized surgical applications – ortho, dental, plastics?
- Platelet Rich Plasma
What are the (5) Blood Component Therapies?
- RBC
- FFP
- Cryo
- Plt
- LTOWB - Low Titer O Whole Blood
What was the blood transfusion of choice from WWI –> Vietnam War?
- Whole Blood
- Primary resuscitation fluid in military settings.
What was the blood transfusion of choice from 1970s –> 1990s?
- Component therapy
- Reduced waste + increased storage times
- Worried about infectious disease
What was the blood transfusion of choice for Iraq and Afghanistan?
- Fresh Whole Blood
What is the shelf-life for whole blood?
3 - 5 weeks
What is added to blood for shelf storage?
* Citrated - clotting
* Phosphate - buffer
* dextrose - fuel source
* Adenine – synthesis ATP
What happens to blood the longer it is stored?
- lowers levels of 2,3 -DPG
- shifting the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to the left
- impairs oxygen delivery
What is the difference between PRBC and Whole Blood?
- Plasma has been removed in PRBC
- PRBC does not contain functional platelets or granulocytes
How much Plasma has been removed from Whole Blood to create Packed Red Blood Cell?
- 200 -250 ml of plasma
What does 1 unit of PRBC raise your Hgb and Hct?
**
- Hbg: 1 g/dL
- Hct: 30%
What has a better oxygen carrying capacity: Whole blood or PRBC?
They are the same for oxygen carry capacity.
What blood product is a source of antithrombin III?
Fresh Frozen Plasma
What does 1 unit of FFP do to your clotting factors?
- Increases each clotting factor by 2-3 % in adults.
What is the dose of FFP and what is the volume in a bag of FFP?
- 10 - 15 ml/kg
- 200-250 ml/bag
What is the storage temperature for FFP and what does it contain?
- -18 C
- water, carbohydrates, fat, minerals,
- Proteins (labile and stable clotting factors)
What is used as the guide to infusing FFP?
- INR > 1.5
Indications for Use of FFP
- inherited factor deficencies
- multifactor deficiencies w/ bleeding
- liver dysfunction
- DIC
- MTP
- Reversal of Vitamin K anatagonists
Cryprecipitate
- Expensive
- Protein fraction taken off the top of FFB when thawed
- Refrozen for up to 1 year
Cryoprecipitate Contains:
- Factor VIII: C
- Factor III: vWF
- Factor XIII
* Fibrinogen
Indication for the Use of Cryoprecipitate?
How much does 1 unit of Platelets increase platelet count?
- 1 unit increases platelets 5,000-10,000