Prevalence of ischaemic heart disease at admission to intensive care and its influence on red cell transfusion thresholds: multicentre Scottish Study † †Work carried out under the auspices of the Scottish Intensive Care Society.

Abstract

About 29% of patients admitted to Scottish ICUs had documented IHD, which was associated with small adjustments to Hb transfusion triggers. In response to scenarios, clinicians believe that patients with IHD require higher transfusion triggers than are observed in practice.

Transfusão de concentrado de hemácias na unidade de terapia intensiva

“…A TE may consist in several units of a given blood component, and the patient may underwent several TE in a 24 hours period. (13) After data collection, these were processed by Epidata and later analyzed by Epiinfo. The data were analyzed by rates and proportions.…”

The impact of organ failures and their relationship with outcome in intensive care: analysis of a prospective multicentre database of adult admissions

“…This study was based on the database obtained from a prospective multicentre study, the Audit of Transfusion in Intensive Care in Scotland -ATICS, conducted in 2001 [14,15]. The study was conducted in 10 of the 26 general ICUs in Scotland and included 44% of all admissions in the country during the study period [14].…”

Anemia and Blood Transfusion in the Critically Ill Patient with Cardiovascular Disease

“…Evidence is also limited by the under-representation of patients with CVD in trials. Observational studies suggest the prevalence of CVD in ICU patients is around 30% [1,3]; however patients with CVD accounted for only 20% of patients recruited to the Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care (TRICC) trial compared with 29% of patients excluded [9], and only 14% of patients recruited to the Transfusion Requirements in Septic Shock (TRISS) trial [11]. A trial undertaken in patients presenting with acute gastrointestinal bleeding trial excluded all patients with significant CVD [12].…”