5- Fluid types: blood products Flashcards
Name 2 indications for giving blood products
Anaemia- severe
Coagulopathy
TCP
Thrombopathia
Hypoproteinaemia
Normal PCV of a dog
35-55%
List 2 indications of a RBC transfusion
anaemia
If rapidly progressive clinical signs evident at 20-25%
Peracute (very severe) blood loss will not be evident clinic-pathologically for several hours- basically won’t be evident on blood results but will have clinical signs
Name 2 conditions that fresh frozen plasma is used for
Coagulopathies - liver disease, toxicity, heparin
SIRS & Sepsis - Parvo/pancreatitis
Hypoproteinaemia
What is oxyglobin
An artificial solution that carries oxygen (ultra pure glutaraldehyde polymerised Hb)
Expensive and comes on and off the market
What are the problems with oxyglobin
Interfers with a variety of lab tests (Na, Urea, K+, Cl-, Tp)
Expensive
What is an autotransfusion and why is it good
Use of patients own blood, which has been processed for reinfusion
Don’t develop antibodies as it is the patients own blood
What is seen as the universal donor blood type in dogs?
DEA 1.1 negative
In what canine blood group does haemolysis occur with sensitisation of it (DEA 1.1 negative )?
DEA 1.1 Positive
T/F you don’t need to cross match cats before a blood transfusion
False- cats have naturally occurring alloantibodies so can have severe reactions so we should always cross match
T/F You can normally avoid the need to crossmatch in horses for the first 7 days
True
T/F Horses destroy other RBC very fats
True
Name 4 adverse side effects seen with blood transfusions
Fever
Haemolysis
Vomiting
Immunological reactions - anaphylaxis, haemolytic
Non-immunological - transmission of infectious agents, Hypothermia, pulmonary complications
reason for whole blood
blood loss or anaemia if pRBCs aren’t available
