Special Transfusion Circumstances

Massive transfusion
Emergency Issue of Uncrossmatched Blood ("Blue Card" blood)
Shortage of Rh negative RBCs
Neonatal Protocol
ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)
Liver and heart transplants
Bone marrow transplantation/Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Platelet refractoriness
Maximum Surgical Blood Order Schedule (MSBOS)
Hyperkalemia
Sickle cell anemia
Uremia
Home transfusion
Jehovah's Witnesses
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
IgA deficiency

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