We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
from Subsection 4F - Clinical – Hematologic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2025
Hemodynamically stable patients needing transfusions are appropriate for placement in an observation unit. Transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs), platelets, and platelet products: fresh frozen plasma (FFP), cryoprecipitate, and factors including von Willebrand factor (vWF), and factors VIII and IX, can be done in selected patients in the observation unit (OU). Administration of drugs such as DDAVP and TXA (tranexamic acid) can be used to treat bleeding. Patients with anemia, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, and von Willebrand’s disease are among those patients with hematologic and/or bleeding disorders who, if stable, might be treated in an OU instead of as an inpatient. In the OU, transfusions can be given over hours when indicated and patients can be monitored for transfusion reactions.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge-org.demo.remotlog.com is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
