Transfusions Flashcards
1
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Normal PCV dog
A
37-55%
2
Q
Normal TS dog
A
55-65g/L
3
Q
Normal platelet level
A
150-800 * 10^9/L
4
Q
How do you verify a very low platelet count?
A
blood smear
5
Q
What leads you to want to transfuse a patient? 5
A
- chronic hx (acute anaemia not tolerated)
- v. low PCV (as other factors there is no absolute PCV value for transmission)
- other CS
- expected dz progression
6
Q
What transfusion options are there?
A
- whole blood
- PRBCs
- fresh frozen plasma
- cryoprecipitate
- cryosupernanatant
- oxyglobin
7
Q
What is whole blood?
A
- bleeding on demand
- no separating or storing facilities
- substantial acute haemorrhage
- haemorrhage d/t haemostatic disorders
- cats (you can’t buy separated blood products for cats)
- oxyglobin
8
Q
What is the main reason to give plasma?
A
clotting factors
9
Q
What is the ideal blood donor?
A
- healthy
- consider ethics
large (cats > 5kg, dogs > 25kg so can use human blood bags) - young (old animals more likely to have unknown underlying dz process)
- no hx foreign travel (ehrlichia)
- FIV/ FeLV negative (FIP hard to diagnose), Mycoplasma - cats, Dogs - A.vasorum (screening occurs but unknown if this travels in blood)
- friendly
- have received no transfusion themselves
- indoor?
- up to date (worming and vaccination?)
10
Q
Function - leukocyte reducing filter
A
- to decrease # RBCs
- thought to reduce risk of transfusion reactions in humans
11
Q
What is component therapy?
A
- get multiple products form one dontation (decreases # donations and increases money per donation)
- decreases risk of side effects (volume overload, transfusion reactions)
12
Q
What is packed RBCs (pRBCs)?
A
- centrifuged whole blood
- plasma extractor
- additive solutions
- stored at -16 degrees
13
Q
Indications - PRBCs
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- anaemia without hypovolaemia
- anaemia w/o deficits in other components
- anaemia with risk of volume overload?
- Oxyglobin?
14
Q
Describe fresh frozen plasma (FFP)
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- separated within 24h
- frozen for up to 1 yr
- high in all clotting factors
15
Q
Indications - FFP
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- COAGULOPATHIES: rodenticide, haemophilia, warfarin
16
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Inappropriate uses - FFP
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- pancreatitis
- immunoglobulin source
- albumin sourve