EXPERIENCES ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSFUSION UNIT IN A 700 BED HOSPITAL: AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF OVER 3,500 ADMINISTRATIONS OF BLOOD AND PLASMA (DRIED)
Authors: Lowell A. Erf, Harold W. Jones
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 July 1943EXPERIENCES ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSFUSION UNIT IN A 700 BED HOSPITAL: AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF OVER 3,500 ADMINISTRATIONS OF BLOOD AND PLASMA (DRIED)LOWELL A. ERF, M.D., HAROLD W. JONES, M.D., F.A.C.P.LOWELL A. ERF, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD W. JONES, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this analysis is to discuss some of the clinical experiences and the practical problems associated with the Blood Transfusion-Plasma Unit† of Jefferson Hospital for the year ending July 1, 1942.TECHNICa. Preparation of Blood and Equipment Used. During the year no bottle of blood was used for a transfusion after four days of storage. Many of the qualities of blood change after that period of storage.1, 2Since there were relatively few colored donors, colored blood was given to colored patients or used for plasma.3Blood was typed and crossmatched by the Landsteiner technic. The apparatus...Bibliography1. A technical manual on the preservation and transfusion of whole human blood. A technical manual on citrated human blood. Both manuals can be procured from U. S. Office of Civilian Defense, Washington, D. C. Google Scholar2. ROSENTHALWASSERMANABELBASSENVOGEL NLRHFP: The organization of the blood bank at Mount Sinai Hospital, Jr. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1941, viii, 210. Google Scholar3. GREGORYSHAPIROWEIDENREICHGREULICH WKHLFWW: Opposition to segregation of bloods from white and negro donors in blood banks, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxix, 801. Google Scholar4. MuddThalhimer SW Blood substitutes and blood transfusion. Edited by , 1942, C. C. Thomas & Co., Springfield, Ill. (a) ROSENTHAL, N., and VOGEL, P.: Observations on blood transfusions from universal donors, page 297. (b) LEVINE, P., KATZIN, E. M., VOGEL, P., and BURNHAM, L.: The antigenicity of the Rh blood factor in transfusion and pregnancy—its role in the etiology of erythroblastosis fetalis, page 309. (c) JANEWAY, C. A.: Immunological and clinical studies on purified proteins of human and animal plasma, page 184. (d) HILL, J. M., and MUIRHEAD, E. E.: Desiccated plasma for national defense. Mass production methods based on the Adtevac process, page 78. (e) SCUDDER, JOHN: Electrophoretic patterns of serum and plasma, liquid and dried, page 126. Google Scholar5. AUBERTBOORMANDODDLOUTIT EFKBEJF: Universal donors with high titer isoagglutinins, effect of anti-A isoagglutinins on recipients of group A, Brit. Med. Jr., 1942, i, 659. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LEWISOHNROSENTHAL RN: Prevention of chills following transfusion of citrated blood, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, c, 466. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. HILLMUIRHEAD JMEE: The advantages and clinical uses of desiccated plasma prepared by the Adtevac process, ANN. INT. MED., 1942, xvi, 286. Google Scholar8. STRAIN RE: Transfusion sites, Lancet, 1942, i, 61. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. CRAVER LF: Tenderness of sternum in leukemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1927, clxxiv, 799. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. VOGELERFROSENTHAL PLAN: Hematological observations on bone marrow obtained by sternal puncture, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1937, vii, 436-447 and 498-515. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. HENNING N: Intrasternal transfusion as a substitute for the intravenous method, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1940, lxvi, 737. Google Scholar12. TOCANTINSO'NEILLJONES LMJFHW: Infusions of blood and other fluids via the bone marrow, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvii, 1229. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WIENERPENNELL ASSS: The life-saving power of "safe" universal donor blood in exsanguinating hemorrhage, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1942, cciv, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. DEGOWINHARDIN ELRC: VI: Studies on preserved human blood: Reactions from transfusions, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 895. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. KLENDSHOJMCNEILLSWANSONWITEBSKY NCCPE: Transfusion of conditioned universal blood, Arch. Int. Med., 1942, lxx, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WOLFEDASGUPTA JJCE: Acquired immunity to blood transfusion reaction: a new phenomenon, Brit. Med. Jr., 1941, ii, 807. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. MASORGREENGARDVOEGTLINSANDBLOMIVY NAHWLJPAC: Intercompatible reactions to blood transfusion related to the donor's diet, Federation Proceedings, Part 11, 1942, i, 59. Google Scholar18. OEHLECHERWIENER AS: Blood groups and blood transfusion, 2nd Edition, 1939, C. C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. Google Scholar19. KILDUFFEDEBAKEY RAM: The blood bank and the technique and therapeutics of transfusion, 1942, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis. Google Scholar20. RIDDELL VH: Blood transfusion, 1939, Oxford University Press, London. Google Scholar21. WHITBY LE: The hazards of transfusion, Lancet, 1942, i, 381. Google Scholar22. PILLEMER L: The separation and concentration of the isohemagglutinins from human serums, Science, 1943, xcvii, 75. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23. BRAINARD HH: Renal insufficiency following transfusion of compatible blood, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gyn., 1940, xl, 142. CrossrefGoogle Scholar24. MARRIOTTKEKWICK HLA: Volume and rate in blood transfusion for relief of anemia, Brit. Med. Jr., 1940, i, 1043. CrossrefGoogle Scholar25. SAZONTOV VI: Transfusions of blood containing neither agglutinogens nor agglutinins, Vestnik khir., 1941, lxi, 15 (abst. Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvii, 1397). Google Scholar26. HARPEROSTERBERGPRIESTLEYSELDON SBAEJTTH: Changes in serum protein and hemoconcentration in man following transfusion of a solution of dried blood plasma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 1760. CrossrefGoogle Scholar27. HILLMUIRHEAD JMEE: The advantages and clinical uses of desiccated plasma prepared by the Adtevac process, ANN. INT. MED., 1942, xvi, 286. Google Scholar28. HILLMUIRHEADASHWORTHTIGERTT JMEECTWD: The use of desiccated plasma with particular reference to shock, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 395. CrossrefGoogle Scholar29. COHN EJ: Properties and functions of the plasma proteins with a consideration of methods for their separation and purification, Chem. Rev., 1941, xxviii, 395. CrossrefGoogle Scholar30. BROWNMOLLISON HAPL: A note on the transfusion of reconstituted dried human serum, Brit. Med. Jr., 1940, ii, 821. CrossrefGoogle Scholar31. ROSEWEILBROWNE BPGJA: On use of concentrated pooled human serum and pooled lyophile serum in treatment of shock, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1941, xliv, 442. Google Scholar32. Editorial, Protein deficiency, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxx, 455. Google Scholar33. HEYLJANEWAY JTCA: The use of human albumin in military medicine, U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1942, xl, 785. Google Scholar34. WOODRUFFGIBSON LMST: The clinical evaluation of human albumin, U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1942, xl, 791. Google Scholar35. COGHILLFELLCREIGHTONBROWN RDNMG: Elimination of horse-serum specificity from antitoxins, Jr. Immunol., 1940, xxxix, 207. Google Scholar36. NEURATHERICKSONCOOPER HJOGR: The antigenic properties of native and regenerated horse serum albumin, Science, 1942, xcvi, 116. CrossrefGoogle Scholar37. STURGIS CC: National Research Council Bulletin on Shock, 1940. Google Scholar38. THALHIMER W: Intravenous injection of pooled normal plasma or serum, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxx, 1263. CrossrefGoogle Scholar39. AUBERTBOORMANDODD EFKEBE: The agglutinin-inhibiting substance in human serum, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1942, liv, 89. CrossrefGoogle Scholar40. WHITECOLLINSWEINSTEIN CSJLJJ: The treatment of surgical and traumatic shock with a citrated plasma-saline mixture, Am. Jr. Surg., 1941, liv, 701. CrossrefGoogle Scholar41. HEATHPROVINCE FKWD: Preservation of human plasma; report of studies with sulfonamide compounds, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxviii, 1034. CrossrefGoogle Scholar42. JONESTOCANTINSERFMUNRO HWLMLAF: Concentrated blood plasma intrasternally in the treatment of shock, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1942, lvii, 88. Google Scholar43. PAULINGCAMPBELL LDH: The production of antibodies in vitro, Science, 1942, xcv, 440. CrossrefGoogle Scholar44. ERFTUTTLELAWRENCE LALAJH: Clinical studies with the aid of radio-phosphorus. Therapeutic effect on patients with leukemia, ANN. INT. MED., 1941, xv, 487. Google Scholar45. ERFJONES LAHW: Radio-phosphorus—an agent for the satisfactory treatment of polycythemia, and its associated manifestations, ANN. INT. MED. In press. Google Scholar46. Editorial: Possible substitutes for human plasma, ANN. INT. MED., 1943, xviii, 251. Google Scholar47. POSTPATEK JAJ: Serum proteins in cirrhosis of the liver, Arch. Int. Med., 1942, lxix, 67. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication August 26, 1942.†Established by the Charlotte Drake Cardeza Foundation for Study of Diseases of the Blood and Allied Conditions. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byParenterale ErnährungThe Use of Protein and Protein Hydrolyzates for Intravenous AlimentationPyrogenic Hygiene 1 July 1943Volume 19, Issue 1Page: 1-27KeywordsBloodBlood banksBlood donorsBlood plasmaBlood transfusion ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1943 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1943, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...