A certain molecule floating in the blood may represent a risk of lung injury after a transfusion. We are determining whether detection of this molecule on a simple blood clotting test will predict the development of lung injury due to transfusion in bleeding patients with chronic liver disease.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
16
University of Colorado Denver, Anshutz medical campus
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Denver Health and Hospital
Denver, Colorado, United States
TRALI (consensus definition- with exception of absence of other acute lung injury risk factors)
Time frame: 0-54 hours post enrollment
Change in ratio of partial pressure of oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2)
Time frame: 0-54 hours post enrollment
Bleeding complications
Baveno V criteria
Time frame: 0-5 days post-enrollmnet
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