Trends in Red Blood Cell, Plasma, and Platelet Transfusions in the United States, 1993-2014

Ruchika Goel; Meera R Chappidi; Eshan U Patel; Paul M Ness; Melissa M Cushing; Steven M Frank; Aaron A R Tobian

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.20121

Trends in Red Blood Cell, Plasma, and Platelet Transfusions in the United States, 1993-2014

JAMA. 2018 Feb 27;319(8):825-827. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.20121.

Authors

Ruchika Goel¹, Meera R Chappidi², Eshan U Patel², Paul M Ness², Melissa M Cushing¹, Steven M Frank³, Aaron A R Tobian²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
² Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This study uses National Inpatient Sample survey data to characterize trends in red blood cell, plasma, and platelet transfusions in the United States between 1993 and 2014, a period of time during which trials were demonstrating the safety of restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategies.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Blood Transfusion / trends*
Child
Erythrocyte Transfusion / trends
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Insurance, Health
Male
Middle Aged
Ownership
Plasma
Platelet Transfusion / trends
United States
Young Adult

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding