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Use of Cold-Stored Whole Blood is Associated With Improved Mortality in Hemostatic Resuscitation of Major Bleeding: A Multicenter Study. Ann Surg 2022 Oct 01;276(4):579-588

Date

07/19/2022

Pubmed ID

35848743

DOI

10.1097/SLA.0000000000005603

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85138125816 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   98 Citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify a mortality benefit with the use of whole blood (WB) as part of the resuscitation of bleeding trauma patients.

BACKGROUND: Blood component therapy (BCT) is the current standard for resuscitating trauma patients, with WB emerging as the blood product of choice. We hypothesized that the use of WB versus BCT alone would result in decreased mortality.

METHODS: We performed a 14-center, prospective observational study of trauma patients who received WB versus BCT during their resuscitation. We applied a generalized linear mixed-effects model with a random effect and controlled for age, sex, mechanism of injury (MOI), and injury severity score. All patients who received blood as part of their initial resuscitation were included. Primary outcome was mortality and secondary outcomes included acute kidney injury, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, pulmonary complications, and bleeding complications.

RESULTS: A total of 1623 [WB: 1180 (74%), BCT: 443(27%)] patients who sustained penetrating (53%) or blunt (47%) injury were included. Patients who received WB had a higher shock index (0.98 vs 0.83), more comorbidities, and more blunt MOI (all P <0.05). After controlling for center, age, sex, MOI, and injury severity score, we found no differences in the rates of acute kidney injury, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism or pulmonary complications. WB patients were 9% less likely to experience bleeding complications and were 48% less likely to die than BCT patients ( P <0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with BCT, the use of WB was associated with a 48% reduction in mortality in trauma patients. Our study supports the use of WB use in the resuscitation of trauma patients.

Author List

Hazelton JP, Ssentongo AE, Oh JS, Ssentongo P, Seamon MJ, Byrne JP, Armento IG, Jenkins DH, Braverman MA, Mentzer C, Leonard GC, Perea LL, Docherty CK, Dunn JA, Smoot B, Martin MJ, Badiee J, Luis AJ, Murray JL, Noorbakhsh MR, Babowice JE, Mains C, Madayag RM, Kaafarani HMA, Mokhtari AK, Moore SA, Madden K, Tanner A 2nd, Redmond D, Millia DJ, Brandolino A, Nguyen U, Chinchilli V, Armen SB, Porter JM

Author

Amber Brandolino in the CTSI department at Medical College of Wisconsin - CTSI

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Acute Kidney Injury
Blood Transfusion
Hemorrhage
Hemostatics
Humans
Resuscitation
Venous Thrombosis
Wounds and Injuries