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Pedipacks in the transfusion of pediatric patients to reduce wastage of blood components: an observational study from a tertiary center

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
Background. Pedipacks prevent wastage of blood components but they are not used efficiently in pediatric clinics. Methods. Red cell concentrate (RCC) and platelet concentrate volumes transfused in the last eight months in the pediatric ...
Nihat Atahan Kanbur, Sema Aylan Gelen, Emine Zengin, Nazan Sarper   +3 more
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Intrauterine balloon failure: unrecognized placenta accreta spectrum disorders

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020
Several studies indicate that intrauterine balloon (IUB) use is less effective for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) due to placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders than that due to atonic bleeding.
K. Tamura, H. Takahashi, S. Uchida, M. Ogoyama, R. Usui, S. Matsubara   +5 more
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Long Survival after Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a New-Onset Heyde’s Syndrome Patient Treated with Multiple Endoscopic Hemostatic Procedures and Repeated Transfusions after Aortic Valve Replacement

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021
Heyde’s syndrome, which is caused by aortic stenosis and subsequent acquired von Willebrand factor deficiency, is a gastrointestinal bleeding disease.
Genso Notoya, Ryota Niikura, Atsuo Yamada, Masanori Ochi, Takashi Kawai, Kazuhiko Koike   +5 more
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Immature Platelet Counts and Thrombopoietin Plasma Concentrations in Thrombocytopenic and Non-thrombocytopenic Preterm Infants

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Objective: Immature platelet counts (IPC) may prove useful in guiding platelet transfusion management in preterm neonates. However, the relationship between IPCs and thrombopoietin (Tpo) concentrations has not been evaluated in preterm neonates.Methods ...
Hannes Sallmon, Hannes Sallmon, Hannes Sallmon, Andreas Weimann, Christoph Bührer, Boris Metze, Christof Dame, Malte Cremer   +7 more
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Standardization of Coagulation Factor V Reference Intervals, Prothrombin Time, and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time in Mice for Use in Factor V Deficiency Pathological Models

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Factor V together with activated factor X forms the prothrombinase complex, which transforms prothrombin into thrombin. The Mus musculus species is characterized by very high levels of this factor and short clotting times, which hinders accurate ...
Juan A. De Pablo-Moreno, Antonio Liras, Luis Revuelta   +2 more
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The importance of hemoglobin levels before and during chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced carcinoma cervix

Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research, 2021
Purpose: Carcinoma cervix forms a major burden among malignancies in women in India. Anemia is very common among Indian women and a high proportion of carcinoma cervix patients present with anemia.
Lanisha Jolitha Sequeira, Donald Fernandes, Sharaschandra Shankar, M S Athiyamaan, Sandesh B Rao, M S Vidyasagar, V Mohsina, Sheeba Santhmayer   +7 more
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Prophylactic administration of tranexamic acid combined with thromboelastography-guided hemostatic algorithm reduces allogeneic transfusion requirements during pediatric resective epilepsy surgery: A randomized controlled trial

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Intraoperative bleeding and allogeneic transfusion remain common problems in pediatric resective epilepsy surgery. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a widely recommended antifibrinolytic drug that reduces blood loss and transfusion requirements for ...
Ting Zhang, Hua Feng, Wei Xiao, Jingsheng Li, Qinghai Liu, Xuexin Feng, Dezhou Qi, Xiaotong Fan, Yongzhi Shan, Tao Yu, Guoguang Zhao, Tianlong Wang   +11 more
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Transfusion Related Emergencies

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016
Audience: This exercise is appropriate for all emergency medicine learners (residents and medical students) and learners from other specialties (internal medicine, family medicine, anesthesia). Introduction: About 85 million red blood cell units are
Megan Boysen Osborn, Min-Ha Tran
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Indications for blood and blood products transfusions among children in a semi-urban tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Annals of Health Research, 2020
Background: Anaemia is prevalent among children in our environment, often necessitating blood transfusions. The knowledge of the common indications for blood transfusion and the required preventive measures is likely to reduce the transfusion rates ...
SO Akodu
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Weight-adjusted dosing of fibrinogen concentrate and cryoprecipitate in the treatment of hypofibrinogenaemic bleeding adult cardiac surgical patients: a post hoc analysis of the Fibrinogen Replenishment in cardiac surgery randomised controlled trial

BJA Open, 2022
Background: Hypofibrinogenaemia is associated with excessive bleeding after cardiac surgery. Our aim was to compare the efficacy and safety of weight-adjusted vs empiric dosing of fibrinogen replacement in cardiac surgery.
Cian Devine, Justyna Bartoszko, Jeannie Callum, Keyvan Karkouti   +3 more
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