Open AccessA study of blood utilization in a tertiary care hospital in South India
Author(s) -
Marie Moses Ambroise,
K. Ravichandran,
Anita Ramdas,
Ganthimathy Sekhar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.149101
Subject(s) - medicine , fresh frozen plasma , blood product , dengue fever , epidemiology , blood transfusion , tertiary care , whole blood , population , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , platelet , surgery , environmental health , immunology
Monitoring blood utilization helps in effective management of blood stock to meet present and future demands in a hospital. Hence, we analyzed the age, gender and frequency distribution of each blood product used in different diseases conditions.