Mitigating the risk of low-titer group O-positive whole blood resuscitation in females of childbearing potential: toward a systems-based approach
Elizabeth P Crowe, Steven M Frank, Matthew J Levy · 2024
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Elizabeth Crowe, Steven Frank, and Matthew Levy argued in 2024 for a system-wide plan to use whole blood in trauma care without shortchanging women who may later bear children. The blood, group O positive with low antibody levels, saves lives fast. Yet a recent study found only about a quarter of injured women under fifty received it, half the rate of others.
The risk is real but narrow: a woman lacking the RhD factor can form antibodies that threaten a future baby. The authors propose three principles: reserve the blood for the most critical cases, educate teams and build follow-up care for exposed women, and keep protocols ready to change with new trial results. They frame hesitation as a care gap. Standard rules, they say, can protect both the patient now and her future family.
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| CREATOR | Elizabeth P Crowe, Steven M Frank, Matthew J Levy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |