Blood transfusion or simply transfusion of blood products is a process of transfusing required components to restore body’s blood volume. Here are some of the blood products transfused.
| TYPES | USES |
| Packed red blood cells | Anemia, surgeries and slow bleeding disorders |
| Whole blood | Acute hemorrhage, replaces blood volume including plasma, plasma proteins, fresh platelets and clotting factors. |
| Autologous RBCs | Use of one’s own blood for planned surgery or in case of rare blood type. |
| Platelets | Bleeding Disorders, platelet deficiency. |
| Fresh frozen plasma | For clotting factors |
| Albumin and plasma fraction | Acts as blood volume expander sand provides plasma proteins. |
| Cryoprecipitate and clotting factors | for clotting factor deficiencies, and also contains fibrinogen |
Types of blood products