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- Complications Of Blood Administration |
Acidosis:
Banked
blood has a low pH of 6 or even less.
This is due to the citrate which is used to keep the blood from turning
to mud (its an anti-coagulant).
Also, the RBCs of banked blood are not attached to any lungs, so they
must engage in anaerobic metabolism (in order to survive), and this leads to the
build up of lactic acid.
The fix is to give Sodium Bicarbonate based on the patient's ABG results.
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