RT Journal Article
T1 Home-based blood transfusion therapy: a systematic review
A1 Rodríguez Corte, Jesús
A1 Candal Pedreira, Cristina
A1 Ruano Raviña, Alberto
A1 Pérez Ríos, Mónica
A1 Rivero de Aguilar Pensado, Alejandro
A1 López García, Marisa
A1 Hermida Porto, 
A1 Varela Lema, María Leonor
K1 Blood components
K1 Blood transfusion
K1 Blood transfusion at home
K1 Home care service
AB Home care is a healthcare alternative to hospitalisation. Different types of procedures are performed at home care services, such as home transfusion of blood products. However, home blood transfusion is not fully implemented and there is a great lack of knowledge about it. The aims of this study were thus to assess the safety and effectiveness of home blood transfusions and patient acceptance and satisfaction. A systematic literature review was conducted in the main biomedical databases. We included all studies that covered patients who had received a home blood transfusion, regardless of their baseline diagnosis. The literature search yielded 290 studies, 14 of which were included in this study as they met the predefined criteria. The main patient profile of a home-transfusion recipient was a person with anaemia associated with other diseases. Overall incidence of severe adverse events was 0.05%. No studies evaluated the effectiveness of home versus hospital transfusions. One study showed that 51% of patients would be willing to receive home transfusions. Home blood transfusion appears to be a feasible, safe, and well-accepted procedure. Existing studies are of low quality, however, and this is an important limitation when it comes to drawing definitive benefit–risk conclusions
PB Wiley
SN 0007-1048
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29246
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29246
LA eng
NO Br J Haematol.  2022;00:1– 11. https://doi.org /10.1111/bjh.18344
DS Minerva
RD 29 abr 2026