Predicting the Need for Blood Transfusion in Intensive Care Units with Reinforcement Learning [PDF]
, 2022 As critically ill patients frequently develop anemia or coagulopathy, transfusion of blood products is a frequent intervention in the Intensive Care Units (ICU). However, inappropriate transfusion decisions made by physicians are often associated with increased risk of complications and higher hospital costs.
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Limit allogeneic blood use with routine re-use of patient's own blood: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial in total hip surgery. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 There are risks related to blood incompatibility and blood-borne diseases when using allogeneic blood transfusion. Several alternatives exist today, one of which, used for autologous blood salvage perioperatively, is the Sangvia Blood Management System ...
Bregje J W Thomassen +6 more
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Platelet Biochemistry and Morphology after Cryopreservation [PDF]
, 2020 Platelet cryopreservation has been investigated for several decades as an alternative to room temperature storage of platelet concentrates. The use of dimethylsulfoxide as a cryoprotectant has improved platelet storage and cryopreserved concentrates can ...
Compernolle, Veerle +2 more
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Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023 Objective To explore the effect of recovery autologous blood transfusion combined with bilateral internal iliac artery presetting in high-risk patients with hemorrhage during cesarean section. Methods A total of 162 high-risk patients with hemorrhage who
Jinlong FANG +5 more
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Intra-operative blood salvage in total hip and knee arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose To review records of 371 patients who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA or TKA) with intra-operative blood salvage to determine the allogeneic blood transfusion rate and the predictors for allogeneic blood transfusion. Methods Records
Beller, Elaine +3 more
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Predeposit autologous blood transfusion: Do we require to promote it?
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015 Introduction: Safest blood a patient can receive is his own. Quest for safe blood transfusion has remained of prime concern. To meet this aspiration, various forms of autologous blood transfusions can be practiced.
Gurjit Singh +5 more
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Sanguine: Visual Analysis for Patient Blood Management [PDF]
, 2020 Blood transfusion is a frequently performed medical procedure in surgical and nonsurgical contexts. Although it is frequently necessary or even life-saving, it has been identified as one of the most overused procedures in hospitals. Unnecessary transfusions not only waste resources but can also be detrimental to patient outcomes.
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Individual quality assessment of autografting by probability estimation for clinical endpoints: a prospective validation study from the European group for blood and marrow transplantation. [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of supportive autografting is to reduce the side effects from stem cell transplantation and avoid procedure-related health disadvantages for patients at the lowest possible cost and resource expenditure.
Campioni, Dc +19 more
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Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for detection of autologous blood transfusion. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate various biological processes. Cell-free miRNAs measured in blood plasma have emerged as specific and sensitive markers of physiological processes and disease.
Nicolas Leuenberger +5 more
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The Italian Regulatory Guidelines for the implementation of Patient Blood Management [PDF]
, 2017 Comment in Towards the implementation of patient blood management across Europe.
Antonioli, Paola +8 more
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