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Successful Combined Autologous Blood and Minocycline Pleurodesis for Intractable Bilateral Pneumothorax in an Elderly Patient With Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema: A Case Report [PDF]
Bilateral pneumothorax in elderly patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is rare and often precludes surgery. We report an 86‐year‐old man with CPFE and a persistent air leak unresponsive to tube drainage. Combined pleurodesis via
Eitetsu Koh
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Autologous Blood Transfusion [PDF]
To the Editor.— Report H of the American Medical Association's Council on Scientific Affairs1will assist greatly in establishing regular usage for autologous blood transfusions. The idea of using your own blood for yourself has long appealed to the prospective recipient and has been advocated by blood bankers. The involvement of the clinician in using
A Aronstam, D L Aston
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Bacterial contamination of autologous blood salvaged during deceased donor liver transplantation: a prospective observational study [PDF]
Decompensated cirrhotic patients experience severely increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation. Thus, autologous blood salvaged during deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) may be contaminated with enteric bacteria.
Doyeon Kim +11 more
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Gene Therapy for Pediatric Cancer: State of the Art and Future Perspectives [PDF]
While modern treatments have led to a dramatic improvement in survival for pediatric malignancy, toxicities are high and a significant proportion of patients remain resistant.
Biagi, Ettore +3 more
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Autologous blood transfusion is an endorsed blood conservation strategy that has become widely practiced in elective surgical procedures. We review ten years' experience in this arena, along with emerging strategies designed to continue to minimize allogeneic blood exposure but reduce the costs associated with autologous blood procurement.
L T, Goodnough, M E, Brecher
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AIM: To evaluate the astigmatic changes before and after pterygium surgery and to study the effect of autologous fibrin glue over sutures in terms of efficacy in reducing corneal astigmatism. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SUBJECTS AND
Sheetal Vishwanath Girimallanavar +2 more
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IntroductionNew low-cost technologies are needed to salvage lost blood in low-resource settings and large animal laboratories. The Hemafuse device is a simple mechanical device that can recover lost blood during surgery.
Rebecca N. Treffalls +4 more
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Background: Postpartum hemorrhage is a life-threatening pregnancy complication and we want to evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous blood transfusion during cesarean section in women with placenta previa to deal with postpartum hemorrhage ...
Bin Lyu +4 more
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Disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the subsequent formation of brain edema is the most severe consequence of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), leading to drastic neuroinflammatory responses and neuronal cell death.
Peijun Jia +10 more
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Background and Aim: In recent times, the use of fibrin glue has reduced operating time and postoperative complications associated with sutures. Since it is a plasma-derived product, it has few drawbacks.
B K Rekha, Sheetal V Girimallanavar
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