About Blood
Indication for Transfusion
- ]Anaemia
- ]Loss of blood from injury
- ]During certain surgeries
- ]If body cannot produce sufficient blood because of an illness
- ]Severe burns
- ]Severe infection that stops the body from properly making blood or some blood components
- ]Severe liver malfunction may require transfusion of albumin, blood protein
- ]Those undergoing radiation or Chemotherapy for cancer may require transfusion
- ]A bleeding disorder, such as hemophilia or thrombocytopenia (deficiency of platelets in the blood)
- ]Those undergoing stem cell transplants may require transfusion of red blood cells and platelets, Dengue
- ]Those suffering from chronic renal failure