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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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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply and use of blood for transfusion

The Lancet Haematology, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has major implications for blood transfusion. There are uncertain patterns of demand, and transfusion institutions need to plan for reductions in donations and loss of crucial staff because of sickness and public health restrictions.
S. Stanworth, H. New, T. Apelseth, S. Brunskill, R. Cardigan, C. Dorée, M. Germain, M. Goldman, E. Massey, D. Prati, N. Shehata, C. So-Osman, J. Thachil   +12 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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Effect of allogeneic intraoperative blood transfusion on survival in patients treated with radical cystectomy for nonmetastatic bladder cancer: Results from a single high-volume institution [PDF]

, 2015
Transfusion has been related to poor survival after surgery in several cancers. Recently, timing of transfusion has been proposed as crucial in the determination of poor survival expectanies after surgery, in fact, intra- operative but not postoperative ...
Briganti, Alberto, Capogrosso, Paolo, Colombo, Renzo, Cucchiara, Vito, Damiano, Rocco, Dell'Oglio, Paolo, Gandaglia, Giorgio, Luzzago, Stefano, Montorsi, Francesco, Moschini, Marco, Salonia, Andrea, Zattoni, Fabio   +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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Intra-operative blood salvage in total hip and knee arthroplasty [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose To review records of 371 patients who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA or TKA) with intra-operative blood salvage to determine the allogeneic blood transfusion rate and the predictors for allogeneic blood transfusion. Methods Records
Beller, Elaine, Dan, Michael, Liu, David, Martos, Sara Martinez   +3 more
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Platelet Biochemistry and Morphology after Cryopreservation [PDF]

, 2020
Platelet cryopreservation has been investigated for several decades as an alternative to room temperature storage of platelet concentrates. The use of dimethylsulfoxide as a cryoprotectant has improved platelet storage and cryopreserved concentrates can ...
Compernolle, Veerle, Feys, Hendrik, Six, Katrijn   +2 more
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