Prion diseases are efficiently transmitted by blood transfusion in sheep [PDF]
, 2008 The emergence of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, following on from the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic, led to concerns about the potential risk of iatrogenic transmission of disease by blood transfusion and the introduction of costly ...
Andréoletti +43 more
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Effectiveness of blood transfusions and risk factors for mortality in children aged from 1 month to 4 years at the Bon Marche Hospital, Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
, 2012 Objective To assess the effectiveness of blood transfusions in a hospital of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Methods Prospective study of children admitted for severe anaemia.
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Microfluidic flow chambers using reconstituted blood to model hemostasis and platelet transfusion in vitro [PDF]
, 2016 Blood platelets prepared for transfusion gradually lose hemostatic function during storage. Platelet function can be investigated using a variety of (indirect) in vitro experiments, but none of these is as comprehensive as microfluidic flow chambers.
Compernolle, Veerle +4 more
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Blood, 2019 β-thalassemia is a hereditary disorder with limited approved treatment options; patients experience anemia and its complications, including iron overload.
A. Piga +14 more
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Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Severe anaemia in children is a leading cause of hospital admission and a major cause of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, yet there are limited published data on blood transfusion in this vulnerable group.
Akech, SO +13 more
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Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences.
Blood, 2019 Blood transfusion is the most common procedure completed during a given hospitalization in the United States. Although often life-saving, transfusions are not risk-free.
C. Tormey, J. Hendrickson
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Detection of HIV-1 infection in dried blood spots from a 12-year-old ABO bedside test card [PDF]
, 1998 Background and Objectives: We tested dried blood from an ABO bedside test card which had been stored at room temperature for 12 years, to prove that a patient with HIV-1 infection had been infected by blood transfusion. Materials and Methods: Immunoblots
Eberle, J. +4 more
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Direct blood transfusions [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2012 Blood-letting was practiced for a wide variety of conditions from the 5th century BC, but infusing blood from one human being into another was not documented until December 22, 1818.1 Therapeutic bleeding was based on Hippocrates’ precept that illness was caused by imbalances among the four humors, phlegm, blood, yellow bile, and black bile that ...
Max V. Wohlauer +2 more
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Worldwide audit of blood transfusion practice in critically ill patients
Critical Care, 2018 BackgroundThe aim was to describe transfusion practice in critically ill patients at an international level and evaluate the effects of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion on outcomes in these patients.MethodsThis was a pre-planned sub-study of the ...
J. Vincent +9 more
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