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Predicting the Need for Blood Transfusion in Intensive Care Units with Reinforcement Learning [PDF]

, 2022
As critically ill patients frequently develop anemia or coagulopathy, transfusion of blood products is a frequent intervention in the Intensive Care Units (ICU). However, inappropriate transfusion decisions made by physicians are often associated with increased risk of complications and higher hospital costs.
arxiv   +1 more source

Ramadan favors first blood donation, but not frequent donation: Results of 10,145 blood donors from Algeria

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2022
CONTEXT: Frequent blood donors contribute to an important share of blood donations in many countries. In Algeria, frequent donation and its determinants, notably the place of the month of Ramadan, which plays an important role in blood donation in Muslim
Mounir Ould Setti, Djamal-Eddine Damerdji, Abdelkader Nebab, Ari Voutilainen   +3 more
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Transfusion guidelines: when to transfuse [PDF]

Hematology, 2013
Abstract Transfusion of blood and blood components has been a routine practice for more than half a century. The rationale supporting this practice is that replacement of blood loss should be beneficial for the patient. This assumption has constituted the underpinning of transfusion medicine for many decades. Only over the past 20 years,
Nancy M. Dunbar, Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski   +1 more
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Prognostic factors in conversion surgery following nab‐paclitaxel with gemcitabine and subsequent chemoradiotherapy for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Results of a dual‐center study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 157-166, January 2023., 2023
For radical surgery after induction gemcitabine along with nab‐paclitaxel and subsequent chemoradiotherapy for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, CA19‐9 normalization and maintenance of good nutritional status during treatment until surgery were important for prolonged prognosis.
Takamichi Igarashi, Suguru Yamada, Yui Hoshino, Kenta Murotani, Hayato Baba, Hideki Takami, Isaku Yoshioka, Kazuto Shibuya, Yasuhiro Kodera, Tsutomu Fujii   +9 more
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A mathematical and exploratory data analysis of malaria disease transmission through blood transfusion

Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2023
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease spread by an infected vector (infected female Anopheles mosquito) or through transfusion of plasmodium-infected blood to susceptible individuals.
Michael O. Adeniyi, Oluwaseun R. Aderele, Olajumoke Y. Oludoun, Matthew I. Ekum, Maba B. Matadi, Segun I. Oke, Daniel Ntiamoah   +6 more
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Do postoperative infectious complications really affect long‐term survival in colorectal cancer surgery? A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 110-120, January 2023., 2023
This multicenter retrospective cohort study suggested that postoperative infection (PI) after curative colorectal surgery (CRC) is associated with impaired oncological outcomes. Strategies to prevent PI and implement appropriate postoperative treatment may improve the quality of care and oncological outcomes in patients undergoing curative CRC surgery.
Akihisa Matsuda, Hiroshi Maruyama, Shinji Akagi, Toru Inoue, Kenichiro Uemura, Minako Kobayashi, Hisanori Shiomi, Manabu Watanabe, Hiroki Arai, Yutaka Kojima, Yusuke Mizuuchi, Hajime Yokomizo, Yuji Toiyama, Toru Miyake, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Kei Ishimaru, Shigeru Takeda, Yoshihisa Yaguchi, Yuko Kitagawa   +18 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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From bench to bar side: Evaluating the red wine storage lesion

Open Life Sciences, 2021
Vitally essential red fluids like packed cells and red wine are seriously influenced in quality when stored over prolonged periods. In the case of red cell concentrates, the resulting storage lesion has particular significance in perioperative medicine ...
Klaschik Sven, Ellerkmann Richard K., Gehlen Jennifer, Frede Stilla, Hilbert Tobias   +4 more
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Perioperative optimization of Crohn's disease

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 10-26, January 2023., 2023
Most Crohn's disease patients require surgery during the course of their illness, especially those who experience complications. The management of perioperative medications and surgery‐related decision‐making should be individualized and patient‐centered based on a multidisciplinary approach.
Chun‐Chi Lin, Hung‐Hsin Lin, Hui‐Chuen Chen, Nai‐Chia Chen, I‐Lun Shih, Ji‐Shiang Hung, Te‐Cheng Yueh, Feng‐Fan Chiang, Ping‐Wei Lin, Yuan‐Yao Tsai, Shu‐Chen Wei   +10 more
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To Transfuse or Not to Transfuse [PDF]

Circulation, 2007
Preoperative anemia in a patient requiring cardiac surgery generally is not considered an independent risk factor for an unfavorable outcome. Older and sicker patients, especially women, are more likely to be anemic, but these patients often are at higher risk because of other coexisting comorbidities.
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