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, 2022 Ancient Indian medicine has a long and wide history but modern medicine has just recently emerged with focusing on their possible modes of action. Jalaukavacharna or Medicinal Leech Therapy or Hirudotherapy is an old technique of bloodletting and is ...
Gaurav Parmar +4 more
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Current red blood cell and platelet transfusion practices in Canadian neonatal intensive care units
Transfusion, Volume 65, Issue 8, Page 1427-1443, August 2025.Abstract Background Red blood cell and platelet transfusions are often prescribed in preterm infants. Consensus on the best transfusion practices in this population has still not been reached, causing disparities in neonatal care. The objective of this study is to provide updated data on current red blood cell and platelet transfusion practices in ...
Mathilde Lamothe +3 more
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Transfusion, Volume 65, Issue 7, Page 1231-1241, July 2025.Abstract Background Platelet transfusions are frequently used in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as prophylaxis against bleeding complications. Several guidelines exist on when to administer platelet transfusions in the ICU, but studies indicate that these guidelines are not necessarily followed.
Lene Russell +4 more
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Universal cognitive mechanisms explain the success of bloodletting
, 2015 International audienceBloodletting — the practice of letting blood out to cure a patient — was for centuries one of the main therapies in the West. We lay out three potential explanations for bloodletting’s cultural success: that it was efficient, that ...
Mercier, Hugo, Miton, H, Claidière, N
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Efficacy and Safety of Qinpi Tongfeng Formula Combined with Bloodletting Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Gouty Arthritis: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2022 Lu H +6 more
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Modern Touch to Traditional Leech Therapy: A Review
, 2020 Leech therapy has over the centuries established itself as a natural healing method and is recognized today as a modern method of treatment with broad spectrum of effective application showing a high level of safety.
Kamble Ma +3 more
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The Use of Medicinal Leeches in Plastic Surgery
Turkish Journal of Plastic SurgeryLeech therapy, or hirudotherapy (HT), has been utilized in medicine for centuries, with applications ranging from bloodletting to modern reconstructive and plastic surgery. This paper explores the historical evolution of leech use in plastic surgery, the
Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu +1 more
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[Bloodletting as medical therapy for 2500 years].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke, 1999 Bloodletting has been part of the history of medicine for more than 2500 years. Up to the end of the Middle Ages, the rationale for bloodletting originated from the ancient greek humoral theory. The great scientific progress from the 16th century and onward, apparently did not weaken its position. Prominent physicians such as Andreas Vesalius (1514-64),
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“On Leeches” in a Medical Treatise for Humans
History of Science in South AsiaHumans and leeches have engaged in human medicine together for at least two thousand years. Perhaps the earliest detailed description of this interaction is found in a chapter on leech therapy from an early first-millennium Sanskrit surgical treatise ...
Lisa Allette Brooks
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of Mongolian Medicine in Rehabilitation for Cerebral Infarction
康复学报, 2021 Cerebral infarction is a common cerebrovascular disease, which belongs to the category of"Sa disease"in Mongolian medicine. The Mongolian medicine has a special conception for cerebral infarction, its rehabilitation treatment methods are also special and
Working Group of Clinical Practice Guidelines of Mongolian Medicine in Rehabilitation for Cerebral Infarction +11 more
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