Blood component utilization in COVID-19 patients in New York City: Transfusions do not follow the curve.

CONCLUSION: There is a need to closely monitor the blood product inventory and demand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as patients' transfusion needs may increase over time. Daily or weekly trending of patients' clinical status and laboratory values may assist blood banks in inventory management.
PMID: 33215718 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Transfusion - November 20, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: DeSimone RA, Costa VA, Kane K, Sepulveda JL, Ellsworth GB, Gulick RM, Zucker J, Sobieszcyk ME, Schwartz J, Cushing MM Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research