Patient Care
September
- A 44-year-old needed O+ during ileostomy surgery.
- A 20-year-old kidney transplant patient used O+ blood.
- A 68-year-old patient needed A+ duing heart bypass surgery.
- An eight-year-old needed O+ for total femur removal and custom prothesis surgery.
August
- A one-month-old baby used six units of CMV- O+ blood during heart surgery.
- A 49-year-old needed four units of A+ during a liver resection
- A two-year-old brain cancer patient used O+ blood during surgery to remove a tumor.
- An 81-year-old man used four units of O- during aortic valve replacement surgery.
July
- A 17-year-old used A+ blood during surgery on a brain tumor.
- A 20-year-old kidney transplant patient used O+ blood.
- A patient receiving a hip replacement used A+ blood.
- A three year old required A- blood during heart repair surgery.
June
- A 54-year-old used O+ blood during a heart valve replacement surgery.
- A one-year-old heart surgery patient used O- blood.
- A patient undergoing kidney reconstruction surgery used A- blood.
- A one-month-old heart surgery patient used AB+ (CMV negative) blood.
May
- A one-month-old heart surgery patient used six units of O+ (CMV negative) red blood cells.
- A female brain surgery patient needs transfusions of A+ blood products.
- In one day, two liver transplant patients and two kidney transplant patients required transfusions of O+ blood. During the same day, a liver transplant patient and and kidney surgery patient needed units of B+ blood.
April
- An infant that just received a bone marrow transplant will require regular transfusions of AB platelets for several weeks. The bone marrow must engraft before their body can begin producing platelets on its own again.
- A 61-year-old male received AB+ blood products during treatment for an aneurysm.
- A young boy received several A+ (CMV negative, irradiated) units of red blood cells during heart surgery.
- A 54-year-old female needed a transfusion of O+ red blood cells during surgery on her spine.
March
- An O+ male patient at the Palo Alto VA recently used 45 units of red blood cells, eight units of platelets and 30 units of cryoprecipitate.
- An AB+ infant needed a special platelet match.
- An A+ female surgical patient needed multiple units of red blood cells.
- Due to high demand, 60 units of O+ red blood cells and 15 units of A+ red blood cells were imported, in addition to our standing order for imported red blood cells. Stanford Blood Center must import 400 red blood cells a month from outside the region to keep up with local demand.
February
- A patient at El Camino Hospital used multiple units of A- platelets and red blood cells.
- A patient at Stanford Hospital used multiple units of A+ platelets, red blood cells and fresh frozen plasma.
January
- An infant required several units of AB+ (CMV negative) platelets.
- A heart surgery patient at El Camino Hospital used approximately seven units of B- red blood cells.
- A patient requiring a plasma exchange needed 50 units of fresh frozen plasma.
