Just a question for oncology experts. Our ortho floor has recently had a few oncology patients. Just wondering......Do oncology patients usually get a lot of transfusions of blood or components?
More so than in other areas but it depends on a lot of things. It is not uncommon to transfuse several units of blood and platelets in a single shift for an oncology patient though.
Just tonight I had one pt get platelets and 2units of PRBCs and sometimes I have multiple patients getting transfusions. However on other shifts they may not get any! All depends on the patient's condition.
With my onco kiddies we transfuse for hgb less than 70 and platelets less than 10
How do you measure Hgb? Here, it's measured in g/dL, the normal range is about 12-18 and the standard oncology transfusion parameters are to transfuse PRBC for Hgb
How do you measure Hgb? Here, it's measured in g/dL, the normal range is about 12-18 and the standard oncology transfusion parameters are to transfuse PRBC for Hgb
It's g/L in Canada instead of g/dL in the states. So if the hgb here is 70 g/L it's 7.0 g/dL there
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Just a question for oncology experts. Our ortho floor has recently had a few oncology patients. Just wondering......Do oncology patients usually get a lot of transfusions of blood or components?