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

São 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]

Hematology, 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, Dinesh Jain, Sandeep Budhiraja   +2 more
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Profiles of blood and blood component transfusion recipients in Zimbabwe. [PDF]

Blood Transfus, 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 N, Khoza S, Hassall O, Faragher BE, Kajja I, Mvere DA, Emmanuel JC, Postma MJ, van Hulst M.   +8 more
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Transfusion safety in transfusion services: health professionals’ knowledge [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to identify health professionals’ knowledge of best practices in blood component transfusion within a blood center network and to encourage critical discussion to inform the development of a minimum framework for a transfusion safety ...
Maíra Cássia Borges de Oliveira, Rosana Amora Ascari, Everaldo José Schörner, Leticia de Lima Trindade, Daiana de Mattia   +4 more
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Is fresh, leucodepleted, whole blood transfusion superior to blood component transfusion in pediatric patients undergoing spinal deformity surgeries? A prospective, randomized study analyzing postoperative serological parameters and clinical recovery. [PDF]

Eur Spine J, 2021
Vasan PK, Rajasekaran S, Viswanathan VK, Shetty AP, Kanna RM.   +4 more
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Reticulocyte Maturation and Variant Red Blood Cells

Frontiers 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, Christian J. Stevens-Hernandez, Christian J. Stevens-Hernandez, Joanna F. Flatt, Joanna F. Flatt, Sabine Kupzig, Lesley J. Bruce, Lesley J. Bruce, Lesley J. Bruce   +8 more
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Optimal and judicious blood transfusion usage - a mandate to save maternal lives [PDF]

New 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, Pranali Thool, Nitin Gangane, Jaya Kore, Neha Gangane   +4 more
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Acute Serum Calcium Level Changes Following Non-Massive Blood and Blood Product Transfusion in Emergency Department; a Cross-sectional Study

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2023
Introduction: The specific impact on calcium dynamics after non-massive blood transfusions remains relatively unexplored. This study aimed to compare pre- and post-transfusion calcium levels in patients receiving blood and blood product in the emergency
Halil Emre Koyuncuoglu, Basak Yuksek, Sırma Karamercan, Mehmet Akif Karamercan   +3 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.

PLoS 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, Girum Tesfaye Kiya, Wondimagegn Adissu Maleko   +2 more
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An observational study on utilization of blood and blood components in a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata, West Bengal

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Blood is essential for human survival though it is a scarce and precious resource. Blood Transfusions also have some risks, like immunomodulation in the recipients, transmission of infectious agents, and may lead to serious adverse reaction ...
Nirmalya Manna, Parthasarathi Bhattacharya, Ria Mukherjee, Sudipta Das   +3 more
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