Male 40-54%; Female 37-47%; - See: -
Blood Product Menu -
pRBC's -
Transfusion Therapy Decreased: - Megaloblastic Anemia, - Fe Deficient Anemia, - HbS Anemia, Acute or Chronic Blood Loss - Hemolysis, - Dilutional, ETOH, Meds;
Increased: Polycythemia Vera, Secondary Polycythemia: Reduced Fluid Intake or Excess Fluid Loss, Congenital and Aquired Heart dz, Lung dz, High Altitudes, Heavy Smokers, Tumors, Renal Cell Ca, Hepatoma, Renal Cysts; --------------------------------------
Review Article: Drug Therapy -- Erythropoietin Severity of anaemia and operative mortality and morbidity. Limits of cardiac compensation in anemic baboons. Oxygen extraction ratio: a valid indicator of myocardial metabolism in anemia. Iron supplementation after femoral head replacement for patients with normal iron stores [see comments.
Perioperative blood transfusions are associated with increased rates of recurrence and decreased survival in patients with high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities.
Reinfusion of whole blood after revision surgery for infected total hip and knee arthroplasties.
Use of erythropoietin to increase the volume of autologous blood donated by orthopedic patients.
Association between blood transfusion and infection in injured patients. The declining risk of post-transfusion hepatitis C virus infection. The effect of oral iron supplementation on erythropoiesis in autologous blood donors [see comments.
Blood transfusion and oxygen consumption in surgical sepsis. Elective surgery without transfusion: influence of preoperative hemoglobin level and blood loss on mortality.
Electrolyte and acid-base disturbances caused by blood transfusions. 
