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Mirasol pathogen reduction technology treatment of human whole blood does not induce acute lung injury in mice. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
In resource-limited settings and in the military theater, fresh human whole blood is commonly transfused, but infectious risks are a concern. Sophisticated molecular testing for potential infectious agents in the whole blood is often unavailable.
Beñat Mallavia, Nicholas Kwaan, Susanne Marschner, Susan Yonemura, Mark R Looney   +4 more
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Severe Apnea in a Premature Infant after Accidental Vancomycin Overdose Responsive to Treatment with Exchange Transfusion [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2016
Background: Mostly seen toxicities following vancomycin are ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity. We here report a very low birth weight preterm neonate who developed severe episodes of apnea after accidental iatrogenic vancomycin overdose, responsive to ...
Sezin Unal, Canan Turkyilmaz, Hulya Kayilioglu, Selma Aktas, Yildiz Atalay   +4 more
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Neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2017
PurposeThis study aimed to determine the prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency among infants with neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinemia (NIH); compare G6PD-deficient and G6PD-normal patients regarding hyperbilirubinemia and ...
Hasan M. Isa, Masooma S. Mohamed, Afaf M. Mohamed, Adel Abdulla, Fuad Abdulla   +4 more
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The Diagnosis of Sulfated Hemoglobin (SulfHb) Secondary to Sulfur Dioxide Poisoning Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS)—A Novel Approach to an Unusual Clinical Problem

Diagnostics, 2020
Sulfhemoglobinemia is a rare entity caused by irreversible sulfation of the heme moiety in haemoglobin to form sulfated haemoglobin (SulfHb) and has been caused by H2S arising from certain metabolites of drugs and bacterial infection.
Suzanne Docherty, Raminta Zmuidinaite, James Coulson, Martin Besser, Ray Iles   +4 more
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The quality of stored umbilical cord and adult-donated whole blood in Mombasa, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa umbilical cord blood may be a useful source of blood for transfusion. Before clinical trials, evidence is needed that cord blood donations, which vary greatly in volume, can be collected and stored into a fixed volume of
Hassall, O, Maitland, Kathryn, Robert Mwakesi, Douglas Denje, Hassall, Oliver, Thitiri, J, Mandaliya, K, Kathryn Maitland, Fegan, Gregory, Denje, Douglas, Bates, I, Bates, Imelda, Imelda Bates, Maitland, K, Oliver Hassall, Bates, Imelda; id_orcid, Wambua, Kongo, Pole, Lewa, Wambua, K, Mandaliya, Kishor, Mwakesi, Robert, Mwakesi, R, Lewa Pole, Fegan, G, Kongo Wambua, Kishor Mandaliya, Denje, D, Thitiri, Johnstone, Johnstone Thitiri, Pole, L, Gregory Fegan, Greg Fegan   +31 more
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Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia; Causes and Contributing Factors Leading to Exchange Transfusion at Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2010
"nHyperbilirubinemia is common in neonates; it can have a serious rising course. Due to its critical morbidity called "kernicterus", severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia causes which lead to exchange transfusion, should be clarified.
Farhad Heydarian, Mina Majdi
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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 ...
Foster, J., Hunter, N., Goldmann, W., Chong, A., Gonzalez, L., Siso, S., Houston, F., McCutcheon, S., Jeffrey, M.   +8 more
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All clinically-relevant blood components transmit prion disease following a single blood transfusion: a sheep model of vCJD [PDF]

, 2011
Variant CJD (vCJD) is an incurable, infectious human disease, likely arising from the consumption of BSE-contaminated meat products. Whilst the epidemic appears to be waning, there is much concern that vCJD infection may be perpetuated in humans by the ...
Smith, Antony, Ian R. MacGregor, Groschup, Martin H., Hunter, N., Hunter, Nora, Prowse, C.V., Tan, B.C., Hornsey, V.S., Boon Chin Tan, Sandra McCutcheon, Jean C Manson, Antony Smith, E. Fiona Houston, Jean C. Manson, Alejo-Blanco, Richard, Manson, J.C., Tan, Boon Chin, Turner Marc, Manson, Jean C., Houston E. Fiona, Alejo Blanco, A.R., Turner, Marc, Groschup Martin H., MacGregor, Ian R., Houston, Fiona, Christopher V Prowse, Turner, M., E Fiona Houston, Alejo Blanco Anthony Richard, Groschup, M.H., Martin H Groschup, Smith Antony, de Wolf, C., Christopher V. Prowse, Hunter Nora, Prowse, Christopher V., Christopher de Wolf, Anthony Richard Alejo Blanco, MacGregor Ian R., de Wolf Christopher, Marc Turner, de Wolf, Christopher, Valerie S. Hornsey, Smith, A., Manson Jean C., Prowse Christopher V., Ian R MacGregor, Prowse, C. V., Hornsey, Valerie S., McCutcheon Sandra, MacGregor, I.R., McCutcheon, Sandra, Nora Hunter, Tan Boon Chin, Hornsey Valerie S., Martin H. Groschup, McCutcheon, S., Houston, E.F., Valerie S Hornsey   +58 more
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Blood transfusion request pattern in a medical center in Northwestern Nigeria

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2017
Introduction: Nigeria has a national policy on blood services, however, most medical facilities find difficulties in establishing a viable, efficient blood banking system; therefore, it becomes necessary to ensure judicious utilization of this scarce ...
Ibrahim Aliyu, Godpower Michael, Haliru Ibrahim, Zainab F Ibrahim, Goni Aliyu, Ajayi T Isaiah   +5 more
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Automated red blood cell exchange as an adjunctive treatment for severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria at the Vienna General Hospital in Austria: a retrospective cohort study

Malaria Journal, 2012
Background Severe falciparum malaria is associated with considerable rates of mortality, despite the administration of appropriate anti-malarial treatment.
Auer-Hackenberg Lorenz, Staudinger Thomas, Bojic Andja, Locker Gottfried, Leitner Gerda C, Graninger Wolfgang, Winkler Stefan, Ramharter Michael, Worel Nina   +8 more
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