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Research Article: Safe Blood Donation from Donors Using Antihypertensive Medication. A Multi-Center Retrospective Quality Study from South-East Norway

Date Published: 2023-05-03

Introduction:
Donors with moderately elevated blood pressure are allowed to donate blood as long as blood pressure measurements performed in the blood center are below the limit (/ mmHg). Despite it being counter-intuitive to defer them from blood donation following the start of relevant medical therapy, Norwegian blood banks generally deferred blood donors on antihypertensive treatment until . The national guidelines allowed only donors using diuretics (thiazides) to donate blood without further assessment, and all other…

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