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Manual exchange transfusion for severe imported falciparum malaria: a retrospective study

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of exchange transfusion in patients with severe imported falciparum malaria. Twelve patients who met the diagnostic criteria for severe malaria were treated with exchange transfusion 14 times ...
Jinfeng Lin, Xiaoying Huang, Gang Qin, Suyan Zhang, Weiwei Sun, Yadong Wang, Ke Ren, Junxian Xu, Xudong Han   +8 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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Hemolytic disease of newborn caused by unexpected antibodies: a retrospective study of 287 cases

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023
Objective To observe the distribution of non-ABO-HDN and its clinical relevance, so as to provide reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Methods A total of 287 cases of non-ABO-HDN recorded during January 2012 to August 2022 were enrolled and ...
Liangzi ZHANG, Qinqin ZUO, Dazhou WU, Yong ZHANG, Hong WANG, Xiaoyue CHU, Juan MAO, Weiwei ZHANG, Hua XU   +8 more
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Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by an intraerythrocyte protozoon. We present a unique case of a patient who was infected with babesiosis and subsequently developed severely altered mental status, which dramatically improved after erythrocyte ...
Matthew J. Navarro, Frederic Karim, Rakan Al-Ghanamah, Steven B. Maron   +3 more
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Fully automated simultaneous peripheral arteriovenous exchange transfusion not seen to aggravate brain function and the disorder of the internal environment in neonates with severe hyperbilirubinemia

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2021
Background: The acute changes in brain function in newborn infants undergoing ET remain unclear. This study aimed to determine whether fully automated simultaneous peripheral arteriovenous ET would influence the brain function.
Wei-neng Lu, Xiao-yuan Yang, Shu-yao Ning, Zhuang-gui Chen, Si-nian Pan   +4 more
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Increased plasma viscosity as a reason for inappropriate erythropoietin formation [PDF]

, 1993
The aim of this study was to examine whether altered plasma viscosity could contribute to the inappropriately low production rate of erythropoietin (EPO) observed in patients suffering from hypergammaglobulinemias associated with multiple myeloma or ...
Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Götz, Karlheinz, Hamann, M., Kurtz, Armin, Ratcliffe, P. J., Reinhart, W. H., Singh, A., Zimmermann, A.   +7 more
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Exchange transfusion as a treatment strategy in severe pertussis with hyperleukocytosis in an infant -A case report

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2019
Hyperleukocytosis in pertussis has a correlation with disease severity. We describe a 5-week-old infant with severe pertussis and hyperleukocytosis requiring mechanical ventilation. Baby developed refractory hypoxemia.
Abdul Rauf, Anil Sachdev, Dhiren Gupta
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Health technology assessment of pathogen reduction technologies applied to plasma for clinical use [PDF]

, 2016
Although existing clinical evidence shows that the transfusion of blood components is becoming increasingly safe, the risk of transmission of known and unknown pathogens, new pathogens or re-emerging pathogens still persists.
Berrino, Alexandra, Casini, Marina, Cicchetti, Americo, Codella, Paola, Facco, Giuseppina, Fiore, Alessandra, Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M., Marano, Giuseppe, Marchetti, Marco, Midolo, Emanuela, Minacori, Roberta, Refolo, Pietro, Romano, Federica, Ruggeri, Matteo, Sacchini, Dario, Spagnolo, Antonio G., Urbina, Irene, Vaglio, Stefania   +18 more
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Evaluation of Hematological Parameters in Partial Exchange and Packed Cell Transfusion in Treatment of Severe Anemia in Pregnancy

Anemia, 2012
Objectives. Anemia is a major public health problem throughout the world which assumes prominence in pregnant mothers. Patients with severe anemia continue to present themselves at term or in labor. This study was conducted to compare the improvements in
Sudha Salhan, Vrijesh Tripathi, Rajvir Singh, Harsha S. Gaikwad   +3 more
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Neuromuscular Blockade with Rocuronium Bromide Increases the Tolerance of Acute Normovolemic Anemia in Anesthetized Pigs [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The patient's individual anemia tolerance is pivotal when blood transfusions become necessary, but are not feasible for some reason. To date, the effects of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) on anemia tolerance have not been investigated. Methods:
A. Pape, B. Zwissler, Barton RG, Cain SM, Eisenberg E, Fontana JL, H. Kertscho, Habler OP, Haller M, Herweling A, Holt JP, Ickx BE, Kampe S, Kemming GI, Kim J, Koskolou MD, Levy PS, M. Lossen, Madjdpour C, Marik PE, McCall M, Meier J, Meier JM, Meier JM, Meier JM, Meisner FG, Messmer KF, Muldoon SM, Naguib M, O. Habler, O. Horn, P. Stein, Pape A, Pape A, Pape A, Perez V, Pittman RN, Richardson RS, Russell WC, S. Kutschker, Schumacker PT, van der Linden P, van der Linden P, van Woerkens EC, Vernon DD, Werlhof V, Zollinger A   +46 more
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