Epidemiologic Studies of Blood Use in the United States - SCOR in Transfusion Medicine

This study has been completed.
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Information provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00005319
First received: May 25, 2000
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: May 2002

May 25, 2000
June 23, 2005
September 1985
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Epidemiologic Studies of Blood Use in the United States - SCOR in Transfusion Medicine
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To develop and apply quantitative methods by which to measure and characterize blood transfusion practice in specific diagnoses and procedures; to open scientific communication about transfusion practice within and across institutions; and to develop simpler methods for estimating annual national blood collections and transfusions.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

The study was a subproject within a Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR) in Transfusion Medicine. The experimental design was based on the study and analysis of several unique sets of data. One set consisted of abstracted patient data including ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure, DRG and red cell units transfused, from a constant set 100 of United States hospitals for the years 1980,82,84,86, to which a new set of data was added for the year 1989. A similar set of data were gathered from eight cooperating teaching hospitals over the first four years of the grant term; this set included data for transfusions of all blood components, autologous units and factor preparations. A third data base contained the data for four United States surveys conducted in 1982,84,86,87; and was expanded to include 1990 and 92. Using these data, four main tasks were addressed. A Pan-DRG red cell transfusion study was conducted to ascertain red cell use across all DRGs and ICD-9-CM codes. Extensive efforts were devoted to developing new methods to characterize transfusion practice. A series of studies were devoted to characterizing transfusions of all blood components in a selected number of ICD-9-CM classes. The purpose of the fourth task was to develop simpler and more rapid alternative methods for producing national estimates of transfusion activity; as part of this task,new surveys were conducted for 1990 and 92.

Among the questions studied were: Was it possible to identify distinctive attributes of the patients who, though operated, did not require a transfusion or who required a large volume of blood? Were transfusions of non-red cell components related to use of red cells? Could transfusion frequency diagnosis for all blood products be used as a measure of transfusion practice? Did longitudinal comparisons of transfusions over the 9-year interval, 1980-1989, reveal significant trends? Was it possible to discriminate quantitatively between transfusion practices in different hospitals or set of hospitals, or at different times? What was the effect of autologous blood programs in transfusion practice? What was the contribution of comorbid conditions on red cell and component transfusion patterns.?

The dollars for the subproject were approximately 25 percent of total dollars spent each year for the Center.

Observational
Observational Model: Natural History
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Blood Transfusion
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Completed
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December 1996
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No eligibility criteria

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NCT00005319
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
May 2002

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