Total plasma heme concentration increases after red blood cell transfusion and predicts mortality in critically ill medical patients

Transfusion
Anthony P PietropaoliNeil Blumberg

Abstract

Relationships between red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, circulating cell-free heme, and clinical outcomes in critically ill transfusion recipients are incompletely understood. The goal of this study was to determine whether total plasma heme increases after RBC transfusion and predicts mortality in critically ill patients. This was a prospective cohort study of 111 consecutive medical intensive care patients requiring RBC transfusion. Cell-free heme was measured in RBC units before transfusion and in the patients' plasma before and after transfusion. Total plasma heme levels increased in response to transfusion, from a median (interquartile range [IQR]) of 35 (26-76) μmol/L to 47 (35-73) μmol/L (p < 0.001). Posttransfusion total plasma heme was higher in nonsurvivors (54 [35-136] μmol/L) versus survivors (44 [31-65] μmol/L, p = 0.03). Posttransfusion total plasma heme predicted hospital mortality (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] per quartile increase in posttransfusion plasma heme, 1.76 [1.17-2.66]; p = 0.007). Posttransfusion total plasma heme was not correlated with RBC unit storage duration and weakly correlated with RBC unit cell-free heme concentration. Total plasma heme concentration increases in critically ill patie...Continue Reading

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