Sepsis + blood poisoning
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who will receive their first erythrocyte transfusion on the ICU to correct for anemia
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients who have not given informed consent - Patients who pose difficulties in securing blood products (e.g. rare blood groups) - Patients who are actively bleeding or are suspected for active bleeding (when a transfusion is given with the intention to treat bleeding according to the treating physician) - Patients who receive more than 1 unit of red blood cells in the transfusion episode - Patients who need a blood transfusion when there*s no fresh blood available
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in the expression of PS on erythrocytes before and after transfusion of erythrocytes | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Expression of erythrocyte CD44, CD47, CD55, CD59, Band 3, MFG-E8, Gas6, IgG, levels of heme and complement in blood - Expression of platelet CD62P, CD62E, CD63, and levels of microparticles sCD40L, sP-selectin, and thrombocyte-leukocyte complexes in blood and NBALF - Levels of hemoglobin, erythrocytes, platelets, leucocytes and leucodifferentiation in blood - Levels of fibrinogen, APTT, PTT and D-dimers in blood (to calculate DIC score) - Levels of ADAMTS13, active VWF and VWF multimer size in blood (experimental markers of DIC) - Levels of TAT-complexes, pro-thrombin fragment F1+2,factor VIIa, tissue factor in blood (markers of coagulation) - Levels of tissue type plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and plasmin-a2-antiplasmin complexes (PAP-complex) in blood (markers of fibrinolysis) - Sublingual microcirculatory density and perfusion velocity, as visualized with SDF - Tissue oxygenation, as measured with NIRS - Onset of TRALI - Time on mechanical ventilation - Duration of ICU stay - Duration of hospital stay - 28 day mortality | — |
Countries
Netherlands