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Evaluation of blood transfusion practice in obstetrics and gynaecology at a tertiary hospital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2023
Background: Blood transfusion is an important part of patient management in obstetrics and gynaecology. There is a need to periodically assess blood transfusion practices in order to identify areas for improvement.
Simeon Chijioke Amadi, Peter Abiye Awoyesuku, Hannah E Omunakwe, Linda Anucha Dublin-Green, Uduak Solomon Ocheche, Chinweowa Ohaka   +5 more
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Assessment of blood transfusion use during hospital treatment of COVID-19 patients - a single center experience [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2023
Introduction/Objective. There is very limited data regarding the need for transfusion and its effect on the overall mortality of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Milutinović Vojislava, Kovač Mirjana, Crnokrak Bogdan, Zdravković Marija   +3 more
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A Comparative Analysis of the Blood Products used in the Emergency Room and other Clinics with the Pre-pandemic Period

Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2022
Aim:In this study, we evaluated the blood transfusion statistics by determining the frequency of blood component transfusions by year and the total number of transfusions administered in emergency departments (EDs) and all inpatient clinics across Turkey,
Attila Bestemir, Alpay Tuncar
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Subsequent Lockdown on Blood Transfusion Service in a Tertiary Healthcare Institute of South India – A Learning Experience

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2021
Background and Objectives: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected people all over the world and poses challenges to health-care services.
Parmatma Prasad Tripathi, Vijay Kumawat, Gopal Kumar Patidar   +2 more
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Leucoreduction of blood components. an effective way to increase blood safety? [PDF]

, 2015
Over the past 30 years, it has been demonstrated that removal of white blood cells from blood components is effective in preventing some adverse reactions such as febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions, immunisation against human leucocyte antigens
Bianchi, Maria, Facco, Giuseppina, Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M, Marano, Giuseppe, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +6 more
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Human T-lymphotropic virus and transfusion safety. Does one size fit all? [PDF]

, 2015
Human T-cell leukemia viruses (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) are associated with a variety of human diseases, including some severe ones. Transfusion transmission of HTLV through cellular blood components is undeniable.
Catalano, Liviana, Facco, Giuseppina, Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo Maria, Marano, Giuseppe, Piccinini, Vanessa, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +7 more
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Phenotype-specific recombinant haptoglobin polymers co-expressed with C1r-like protein as optimized hemoglobin-binding therapeutics

BMC Biotechnology, 2018
Background Preclinical studies have evaluated haptoglobin (Hp) polymers from pooled human plasma as a therapeutic protein to attenuate toxic effects of cell-free hemoglobin (Hb).
Christian A. Schaer, Catherine Owczarek, Jeremy W. Deuel, Stefan Schauer, Jin Hyen Baek, Ayla Yalamanoglu, Matthew P. Hardy, Pierre D. Scotney, Peter M. Schmidt, Matthias Pelzing, Peter Soupourmas, Paul W. Buehler, Dominik J. Schaer   +12 more
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Comparison of three methods for enumeration of residual white blood cells in single donor apheresis platelets: A pilot study from Eastern India as a part of quality monitoring process for leukoreduction

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2022
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare three platforms side-by-side: Nageotte hemocytometer, flow cytometry (FC), and standard hematology analyzer for enumeration of residual white blood cells (rWBCs) in single donor platelets ...
Nasir Nabi Naikoo, Sabita Basu, Animesh Bajpayee, Deepak Kumar Mishra, Suvro Sankha Datta   +4 more
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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in baluch women in Chabahar [PDF]

, 2015
Epidemiological studies have shown the importance of the metabolic syndrome. With estimation of the metabolic syndrome, it may predict cardiovascular disease, sudden death and the presence of some other cardiovascular risk factors.
Majidi, F., Marjani, A., Naseri, F., Paad, E., Tabari, M.G.   +4 more
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Dynamics of Change in Spatial Dependencies in Blood Donation System in Poland [PDF]

, 2012
Blood donation allows to obtain blood and its components from healthy people in a bid to help treatment of anonymous individuals, relying on timely and sufficient supplies of matching blood.
Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Biuletyn, Kopczewska, Kopczewska, Ojrzyńska, Ojrzyńska, Rosiek, Rosiek, Rosiek, Rosiek, Rosiek, Rosiek, Suchecki, Suchecki, Szołtysek, Szołtysek   +25 more
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