Reticulocyte Maturation and Variant Red Blood Cells
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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Transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus: behaviour of cell-free virus during blood component processing. A study on the safety of labile blood components in Switzerland. [PDF]
Nowadays, most blood products are leukocyte-reduced. After this procedure, the residual risk for transfusion transmitted cytomegalovirus (TT-CMV) is mostly attributed to cell-free viruses in the plasma of blood donors following primary infection or viral
Niederhauser, C. +8 more
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Optimal and judicious blood transfusion usage - a mandate to save maternal lives [PDF]
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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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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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 +3 more
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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 +3 more
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Analysis of the frequency of post transfusion adverse reactions and their association with blood components supplied by the Regional Blood Transfusion Center in Poznań (2011–2018) [PDF]
Background: Blood component transfusions are common, often life-saving therapies, however they sometimes (0.2–10% ) result in adverse reactions (ARs). The study aim was to analyse AR frequency and relation to transfusion in patients treated with blood ...
Andrys, Bożena; Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Poznan +1 more
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Autologous transfusions for elective surgery - from existing approaches to upcoming challenges [PDF]
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Jevtić Aleksandar +5 more
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Systematic evaluation and classification of adverse reactions to incompatible blood component transfusion in patients undergoing ABO-incompatible allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation [PDF]
Objective To analyze and evaluate the occurrence of adverse reactions to incompatible blood component transfusion in patients undergoing ABO-incompatible allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ABO-incompatible allo-HSCT) in our hospital, and
Jiaojiao WENG +3 more
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Background: To audit the practices involved in blood component transfusion in the management of patients in paediatric intensive care unit of our hospital and to determine the appropriateness of transfusion after comparing them with clinical practice ...
Anam Zafar +3 more
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