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What is Blood Transfusion?
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Anemia | 9 | 4 |
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| Acute Renal Failure | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Thalassemia | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Iron Deficiency Anemia | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Excessive bleeding | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dehydration | 1 | 1 |
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Blood Transfusion
| Hospitalization | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hair loss | 1 | |
| Hives (urticaria) | 1 | |
| Developed Antibodies | 1 | |
| Hospitalization | 1 |
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Blood Transfusion
Always |
3 | 75% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
0 | 0% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
1 | 25% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Blood Transfusion
Very |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
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A little |
1 | 25% |
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Not at all |
3 | 75% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Blood Transfusion
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
0 | 0% |
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