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What are the perspectives for blood donations and blood component transfusion worldwide? A systematic review of time series studies [PDF]

open access: yesSão Paulo Medical Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND: Analysis of the literature suggests that changes relating to blood donations and blood component transfusion are occurring due to the aging of the population. OBJECTIVE: To gain better understanding of the demand and supply of these inputs
Elias Melo de Oliveira, Ilka Afonso Reis
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Machine-learning prediction models for any blood component transfusion in hospitalized dengue patients [PDF]

open access: yesHematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Background: Blood component transfusions are a common and often necessary medical practice during the epidemics of dengue. Transfusions are required for patients when they developed severe dengue fever or thrombocytopenia of 10×109/L or less.
Md. Shahid Ansari   +2 more
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Profiles of blood and blood component transfusion recipients in Zimbabwe. [PDF]

open access: yesBlood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue, 2015
There are limited published data on the characteristics of blood transfusion recipients in sub-Saharan Africa. This study describes the demographic characteristics of blood transfusion recipients and patterns of blood and blood component use in Zimbabwe.Data on the characteristics of the blood transfusion recipients (age, sex, blood group), blood ...
Mafirakureva, Nyashadzaishe   +8 more
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Whole blood transfusion versus component therapy in trauma resuscitation: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
Background Patients with hemorrhagic shock from trauma often require balanced blood product transfusion with red blood cells, plasma, and platelets. Resuscitation with whole blood resuscitation is becoming a common practice.
Ellen Crowe   +10 more
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Prehospital transfusion strategies in haemorrhagic shock [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Massive transfusion protocols are established in-hospital practices for managing haemorrhagic shock, yet critical bleeding accounts for up to 40% of trauma deaths, with half occurring before hospital arrival.
Brian Burns   +7 more
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Reticulocyte Maturation and Variant Red Blood Cells

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2022
The bone marrow produces billions of reticulocytes daily. These reticulocytes mature into red blood cells by reducing their plasma membrane by 20% and ejecting or degrading residual internal organelles, membranes and proteins not required by the mature ...
Christian J. Stevens-Hernandez   +8 more
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Optimal and judicious blood transfusion usage - a mandate to save maternal lives [PDF]

open access: yesNew Indian Journal of OBGYN, 2019
Objectives: This study was carried out to see the incidence and indications of transfusion of blood and blood components in obstetrics at a tertiary care hospital.
Surekha Atul Tayade   +4 more
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Assessment of recipients' characteristics, transfusion appropriateness, and utilization pattern of blood and blood products in Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundAs blood transfusion remains life-saving and is being frequently prescribed, a greater number of its practice is unnecessary or inappropriate. This important clinical intervention is reported as one of the five overused medical treatments, with
Tufa Feyisa   +2 more
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