Major Reasons Patients Need Blood
- Cancer
- Heart and blood vessel disease
- Disease of the gastrointestinal tract
- Emergencies such as car accidents
Medical procedure
|
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 |


