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Major Reasons Patients Need Blood
- Cancer
- Heart and blood vessel disease
- Disease of the gastrointestinal tract
- Emergencies such as car accidents
Medical procedure
or trauma patient |
will use up to: |
| Burn |
20 units of blood |
| Automobile Accident |
50 units of blood |
| Heart Surgery |
6 units of blood
6 units of platelets |
| Bone Marrow Transplant |
20 units of blood
120 units of platelets |
| Organ Transplant |
40 units of blood
30 units of platelets
20 bags of cryoprecipitate
25 units of fresh frozen plasma |
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