Oncology & blood transfusions

Daliadreamer · Mar 20, 2013

It REALLY depends on whether or not they are on active chemo, where they are in their regimen, and the type of ca but I guess a simple answer is YES.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Mar 20, 2013

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.

bsnanat2 · Mar 21, 2013

Thanks for your reply!

Tobygo2 · Mar 23, 2013

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.

brithoover · Mar 23, 2013

With my onco kiddies we transfuse for hgb less than 70 and platelets less than 10

edimo · Mar 23, 2013

We typically transfuse it hgb is below 80 and plts 10...or if they're symptomatic or bleeding, even if they're values are above the stated parameters

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Mar 23, 2013

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

brithoover · Mar 23, 2013

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