Transfusion profile, clinical characteristics, comorbidities and outcomes of 3014 hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Brazil.

Leandro Felipe Figueiredo DalmazzoAlyne Ferreira de Almendra FreitasBrunna Eulálio AlvesDiogo Kloppel CardosoEduardo Ferro de CarvalhoFabiana AkilFernanda da Cunha Vieira PeriniKarina Todeschini PiresLudmila Coutinho de AguiarMara Cabral MoraesMaria Isabel Ayrosa MadeiraPablo Raphael Gomiero AlvesRuth Helena Perdiz WatanabeSilvia Helena da Silva Sá TeixeiraTatiana Covas PereiraViviani de Lourdes Rosa PessoaSérgio Domingos Vieira

Published in: Vox sanguinis (2021)

Need for transfusion was low in COVID-19 patients, but significantly higher in patients admitted to ICU and in those who needed OTI. Knowledge of the transfusion profile of these patients allows better strategies for maintaining the blood stocks of hospitals during the pandemic.

Keyphrases

sars cov
coronavirus disease
cardiac surgery
end stage renal disease
healthcare
sickle cell disease
chronic kidney disease
intensive care unit
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue
mechanical ventilation