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Walter
Sunny
Dzik,
MD
Massachuse9s
General
Hospital
02
Harvard
Medical
School
Boston,
MA
02
02
Does
blood
deliver
oxygen
to
Hssues?
A
fundamental
quesHon
Blood
is
a
precious
naHonal
healthcare
resource.
Transfusion:
one
of
the
most
common
procedures:
In
the
USA,
one
every
2
seconds.
Worldwide100
million
transfusions
annually.
Surgery,
ICU
medicine,
organ
transplantaHon,
and
the
treatment
of
heart
disease
and
cancer
all
rely
upon
transfusion.
50
65
mM
NaCL
40
30
20
10
0
1 7 14 21 28
Days
of
Storage
Shari
S,
Dzik
W
et
al
Transfusion
2000;
10:
125
K+
Leaks
out
of
RBC
during
storage
Day 0 Day 28
?
?
?
?
In
vivo:
Insucient
Tissue
OxygenaHon
?
02
02
02
02
02
02
O2
delivery
has
been
hard
to
study
AcHvely
bleeding
paHents
are
unstable/complicated.
Non-bleeding
paHents:
transfusion
is
prophylaxis.
Mild
Hospital
anemia
anemia
with
cardiac
Cri1cal
compensaHon
anemia
Profound
anemia:
RBC
Tx
unable
to
support
aerobic
metabolism
O2 CO2 +
TCA cycle
H2O
NADH ADP
Mitochrondria NAD+ ATP
Secondary outcomes:
Cerebral tissue oxygen saturation by near infra-red spectroscopy
Changes in clinical signs and laboratory tests
30-day follow up health status
PaHent
Enrollment:
Feb
2013
through
May
2015
in
Uganda
N=827
Screened:
Age
6-60
mos;
Hb
5
g/dL
N=478
Lactate
<
5
mM
N=5
Died
during
rst
24
hours
N=3
Died
during
rst
24
hours
CharacterisHcs
of
two
study
groups
1-10
Days
25-35
Days
Age,
median
(IQR),
months
26.5
(18.5-39.6)
25.5
(15.0-39.9)
Female
/
Male
71
/
74
67
/
78
Temperature,
mean
(SD)
37.6
(2.2)
37.4
(1.2)
Mean
Arterial
Pressure
(SD)
73.6
(12)
72.4
(12)
Heart
rate,
mean
(SD)
157.8
(17)
163.0
(18)
Respiratory
rate,
mean
(SD)
53.8
(11)
55.5
(11)
Arterial
O2-sat,
mean
(SD)
97.2
(5)
97.5
(4)
Supplemental
O2
19
(13%)
13
(9%)
Hemoglobin,
mean
(SD)
3.6
(1.3)
3.7
(1.3)
Lactate,
mM
mean
(SD)
9.2
(3.4)
9.5
(3.4)
Malaria
81.4%
80.0%
Sickle
cell
12.4%
14.5%
Design:
RBCs
10
mL/kg
during
hours
0-2
by
infusion
pump.
145
38
Shorter
Shorter
Assessment
at
hour
4
2nd
dose
(same
unit
@
10
mL/kg)
hour
4-6,
if:
R
Hb
<
5
g/dL
Longer
Longer
Hb
5-6
g/dL
and
Heart
rate
>
140
/min
145
47
0
2
4
6
8
24
30
day
Hours
follow
up
R
Longer
Longer
145
47
0
2
4
6
8
24
30
days
Hours
Median
Median
8
days
32
days
Primary Outcome: Clearance of Lactic Acidosis
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