Blood
Transfusion
Minor Fractions
Vocabulary Potpourri
Blood Sparing Procedures
100

The cell that contains hemoglobin

What is a RED BLOOD CELL?

100

Indications for blood transfusions

What are;

Improve delivery of oxygen to cells?

Provide components used for clotting?



100

Three reasons why blood transfusion alternatives are used

What are religious objection, transfusion prevention, and patients' fears of disease transmission through transfusion?

100

Medical terms for Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, and Plasma

What are ERYTHROCYTES, LEUKOCYTES, THROMBOCYTES, and PLASMA?

100

Collection of blood from the surgical site that is filtered and/or washed and infused back to the patient

What is INTRAOPERATIVE BLOOD SALVAGE or CELL SAVER?

200

This blood cell differentiates into 5 different kinds

What is the WHITE BLOOD CELL?

200

The minimum age to donate blood. This permission is required. 

What is age 16, with parent's consent and signature?

200

Protein produced in the liver that is manufactured from donated Plasma

What is ALBUMIN?

200

The TWO primary body structures where blood cells are made and mature

What are the BONE MARROW and THYMUS?

200

Benefits of using a harmonic scalpel

What is reduction of bleeding during surgery?

300

This cell has no nucleus and may be removed from the circulation by macrophages in the spleen or liver

What is the PLATELET?

300

The maximum shelf life of liquid red blood cells

What is 42 days when stored between 1-6C?

300

Trade pharmaceutical names for erythropoietin

What are ARANESP and PROCRIT?

300

The name of the form used to document patients' wishes who refuse blood transfusions

What is the REFUSAL OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION form? (Formerly known as the Transfusion Blood Refusal form)

300

The patient's blood is circulated through this machine where it is oxygenated and reinfused

What is HEART-LUNG BYPASS?

400

The lifespan of a red blood cell

What is 120 days?

400

The process by which white cells are removed from blood components

What is LEUKOREDUCTION?

400

The full spelling of the pharmaceutical name that we abbreviate as EPO

What is ERYTHROPOIETIN?

400

The name of the new OHSU service to optimize patients' hemoglobin levels before surgery

What is PREOPERATIVE ANEMIA MANAGEMENT?

400

A small amount of the patient's blood is used to repair a leak in the membrane around the spinal column

What is EPIDURAL BLOOD PATCH?

500

The part of the blood responsible for carrying nutrients, proteins, and hormones throughout the body

What is PLASMA?

500

The conditions and containers used to properly return red blood cells and platelets to the Lab Blood Bank

What are:

For RED BLOOD CELLS, in a red Lab Blood Bank cooler, UNDER wet ice?

For PLATELETS, at room temperature, NEVER under ice?

500

Organ where erythropoietin is produced

What is the kidney?

500

The five kinds of white blood cells

What are NEUTROPHILS, LYMPHOCYTES, MONOCYTES, EOSINOPHILS, BASOPHILS?

500

One or more units of the patient's blood is removed immediately following the start of anesthesia and the volume is replaced with IV solution. Blood lost during surgery is diluted, and the patient's blood remains reserved in the OR and given back to the patient at the end of the procedure.

What is ACUTE NORMOVOLEMIC HEMODILUTION (ANH)?