Pulse
Role of AI in Transfusion Medicine AI will play a big role in transfusion medicine in managing the inventory, predicting the variations in demand and predicting the blood requirements for different procedures
Dr Anand Deshpande, Consultant Transfusion Medicine & Hematology, PD Hinduja National Hospital & MRC Mahim, Mumbai
Transfusion Medicine is one of the
Donor Platelets (RDPs), Fresh Frozen
branches in medicine which is involved
Plasma (FFP), Cryoprecipitate (Cryo) &
in both the clinical management of the
issuing to different patients as per the
patients as well as laboratory aspects.
clinical requirements. This has led to
It has come a long way from being just
the rational use of blood components
a blood bank wherein only whole blood
optimising the inventory and minimising
was collected and issued, to a blood
the losses.
centre/transfusion medicine department with
all
the
advanced
modern
technologies. On the laboratory front, transfusion medicine has developed in
32
June 2022
Using the Apheresis technology ( use of cell separator ), the Blood Centres can collect a single product such as platelet,
various directions. Initially, only whole
plasma, granulocytes or even Peripheral
blood was issued to the patients, now
Blood
most of the blood centres are preparing
modalities such as Immunoadsorption ,
100 per cent blood components such as
Extra Corporeal Photopheresis are used
Packed Red Blood Cells (PRBC), Random
to treat different diseases.
Stem
Cells
(PBSC
).
Newer
