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Transfusion Classics

Transfusion, 1983
Dr. Croone told me, that at the meeting of Gresham College tonight, which it seems they now have every Wednesday, there was a pretty experiment of the blood of one dog let out till he died, into the body of another on one side, while all his own run out on the other side.
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Revisiting transfusion safety and alternatives to transfusion

La Presse Médicale, 2016
Transfusion of blood products can be life saving when used appropriately. It carries however at the same time a potential for morbidity and mortality, depending on the patient, the product or the setting. Numerous strategies have been elaborated to minimize these risks, and in recent years, transfusion has no longer been regarded as essential for the ...
Schoettker, Patrick   +3 more
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To Transfuse or Not to Transfuse: Is It Really a Question?

European Urology, 2013
There is a longstanding debate on whether perioperative blood transfusions have a negative impact on outcome in patients undergoingmajor cancer surgery. Linder et al. from the Mayo Clinic, in the current issue of European Urology, report that in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer, the fact of receiving perioperative blood ...
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Childhood anemia in Africa: To transfuse or not transfuse?

Acta Tropica, 1993
Blood transfusions are an important route for HIV transmission in Africa. To explore whether transfusions are necessary in the case management of childhood anemia, a randomized trial was performed in Ifakara, Tanzania, a holoendemic malaria region. 116 children were randomized to receive either treatment for malaria and hookworm alone or, in addition ...
Stefan Koch   +5 more
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The Transfusion-Transmitted Viruses in Blood Transfusion

2001
Over the past 15 years, issues concerning the safety of the blood supply have caused significant changes in both national blood policies and the methods used in blood collection and screening in the United States. More specifically, the discovery that Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) could be transmitted by blood transfusion heightened public ...
Rima Jubran, Naomi L.C. Luban
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Transfusion Therapy and Massive Transfusions

2014
This chapter will discuss the key blood products in bleeding patients—platelets, fresh frozen plasma, and cryoprecipitate. Management of massive transfusions will also be covered. Many patients with bleeding disorders will require transfusion of blood products. This chapter will summarize the use of blood products for hemostasis. This chapter will also
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Adverse transfusion reactions in transfused children

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique, 2019
Transfusion in paediatrics requires specific guidelines, because child physiology and pathology differ significantly as compared to adults. Adverse transfusion reactions in transfused children also vary in type and frequency, but there is a better understanding of these reactions in adults than in children.
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Transfusion triggers

Surgery, 2003
The decision to transfuse a patient is not always clear and straightforward, particularly because no single number, neither extraction ratio nor hemoglobin level, can serve as an absolute indicator of transfusion need. Clinical assessment of the patient in conjunction with physiologic values helps in determining the appropriateness of transfusion ...
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Platelets—to transfuse or not to transfuse

The Lancet, 2012
Neil Blumberg   +3 more
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Risks of Transfusion

Southern Medical Journal, 2011
Each year, more than 4 million patients receive a blood transfusion in the United States to control symptoms associated with anemia, coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia, or some combination thereof. In each of these cases, the physician and the patient must weigh the potential benefits of the transfusion along with the associated risks. To assess accurately
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