Transfusion complications in hospitalized elderly patients: integrative literature review
Objective: to identify studies on the main complications that blood transfusion can cause to the health of hospitalized elderly and to analyze the scientific evidence found. Method: integrative review carried out with studies in English from national and international databases published from 2017 t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.seer.unirio.br:article/12175 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.unirio.br/cuidadofundamental/article/view/12175 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Transfusão de sangue; Reação transfusional; Idoso; Hospitais. Transfusión sanguínea; Reacción a la transfusión; Anciano; Hospitales. Blood transfusion; Transfusion reaction; Aged; Hospitals. |
| Sumario: | Objective: to identify studies on the main complications that blood transfusion can cause to the health of hospitalized elderly and to analyze the scientific evidence found. Method: integrative review carried out with studies in English from national and international databases published from 2017 to 2021. The main descriptors were “Blood Transfusion”, “Transfusion Reaction”, “Aged” and “Hospitalization”, combined through of the Boolean operators “AND” and “OR”. Results: 23 studies were included that portrayed the main complications of blood transfusion for the hospitalized elderly person. The twelve different complications were allocated into two categories: surgery-related or non-surgical complications. Longer hospital stay, mortality, transfusion reactions, postoperative acute kidney injury and postoperative delirium were part of the main findings. Conclusion: the mechanisms by which complications develop are not yet fully understood, highlighting the importance of encouraging new research involving this topic. DESCRIPTORS: Blood transfusion; Transfusion reaction; Aged; Hospitals. |
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