ABSTRACT Introduction: To describe the profile in the applications of the blood components (PG, PFC, platelets), in Hospital III Suárez Angamos in the period January - December 2015. Methods: Observational, retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive research carried out in the bank of Type I blood from Hospital III Suárez Angamos. The population is analyzed and presented according to age and sex group; followed by the population according to epidemiological variables. Results: 1,188 requests of blood hemocomponents, transfused 944 bags, 598 cases of patients, the field with the highest number of incomplete records is the main diagnosis, 371 records (62%); 389 (65%) women and 209 (35%) men were found, the older age group was the older adult (253 cases, 49%), with 522 (100%) requests for blood components and 471 (90%) ) transfusions; followed by the adult group (251 cases, 48%), with 48...

ABSTRACT Introduction: To describe the profile in the applications of the blood components (PG, PFC, platelets), in Hospital III Suárez Angamos in the period January - December 2015. Methods: Observational, retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive research carried out in the bank of Type I blood from Hospital III Suárez Angamos. The population is analyzed and presented according to age and sex group; followed by the population according to epidemiological variables. Results: 1,188 requests of blood hemocomponents, transfused 944 bags, 598 cases of patients, the field with the highest number of incomplete records is the main diagnosis, 371 records (62%); 389 (65%) women and 209 (35%) men were found, the older age group was the older adult (253 cases, 49%), with 522 (100%) requests for blood components and 471 (90%) ) transfusions; followed by the adult group (251 cases, 48%), with 48...