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Post-Transfusion Lab Collection Times


Johnv

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On Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Johnv said:

Does anyone know a reference that specifies standard times to collect blood samples after the transfusion of RBCs to determine Total Iron, TIBC, ferritin, hemoglobin, hematocrit, etc?

 

Just addresses hemoglobin, but here you go.Early changes in hemoglobin after RBC transfusion.pdf

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You would think they would want the Iron values before the transfusion - not after it.  That would be part of what they were basing a transfusion decision on. 

I wonder how long it takes for all of that to reach a stable state after the transfusion of 2 units?  Not as fast as the HGB/HCT - nice article - thanks.  We get that question all of the time - but not for iron values.

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