Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously. Transfusions are used for various medical conditions...
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Young blood transfusion refers to transfusing blood specifically from a young person into an older one with the intention of creating a health benefit...
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accepting blood transfusions and not donating or storing their own blood for transfusion." The belief is based on an interpretation of scripture that differs...
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blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood...
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sensitizing event: possibly a fetomaternal transfusion of blood from a fetus in pregnancy or occasionally a blood transfusion with D positive RBCs. Rh disease can...
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S2CID 225478699. "Irish Blood Transfusion Service - Irish Blood Group Type Frequency Distribution". Irish Blood Transfusion Service. Retrieved 7 November...
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is the most likely to be involved in transfusion reactions. The Rh blood group system consisted of 49 defined blood group antigens in 2005. As of 2023,[update]...
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a father donating blood to his child) carry extra risks for the recipient. Any blood transfusion carries some risk of a transfusion reaction, but between...
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Sickle cell disease (section Blood transfusion)
infiltrate worsen or the oxygen requirements increase, simple blood transfusion or exchange transfusion is indicated. The latter involves the exchange of a significant...
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1132–1134 Durand JK, Willis MS (2001). "Karl Landsteiner, MD: Transfusion Medicine". Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy. 28 (4): 206–8. doi:10.1159/000050239...
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rare, any person with this blood group who needs an urgent blood transfusion will probably be unable to get it, as no blood bank would have any in stock...
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if further transfusion is required. The benefits of single unit transfusion include reduced exposure to blood products. Each unit transfused increases...
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Thalassemia (section Red blood cell transfusions)
terms Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia (TDT) and non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia (NTDT). Patients with TDT require regular transfusions, typically...
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stored in a blood bank for blood transfusion. The vast majority of vertebrates, including mammals and humans, have red blood cells. Red blood cells are...
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Transfusion medicine (or transfusiology) is the branch of medicine that encompasses all aspects of the transfusion of blood and blood components including...
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biological blood. It aims to provide an alternative to blood transfusion, which is transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into another. Thus...
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exchange transfusion is a blood transfusion in which the patient's blood or components of it are exchanged with (replaced by) other blood or blood products...
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blood is transfused into someone other than the donor. Blood transfusion begins by the withdrawal of 1 to 4 units of blood (1 unit = 450 mL of blood)...
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The term human blood group systems is defined by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) as systems in the human species where cell-surface...
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blood transfusion. It is also used to diagnose and prevent some complications of pregnancy that can occur when the baby has a different blood group from...
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research is necessary prior to the generalized utilization of cord blood transfusion. Cord blood stem cells are being studied for treatment for COVID-19 cytokine...
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Look up transfusion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transfusion may refer to: Blood transfusion, the introduction of blood directly into an individual’s...
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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), also known as feto-fetal transfusion syndrome (FFTS), twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence (TOPS) and...
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In transfusion medicine, transfusion-associated circulatory overload (aka TACO) is a transfusion reaction (an adverse effect of blood transfusion) resulting...
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when surgeons perform using these sharps as well. Blood for blood transfusion is screened for many blood-borne diseases. Additionally, a technique that uses...
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Coombs test (category Transfusion medicine)
preparation of blood for blood transfusion. The donor's and recipient's blood must be ABO and Rh D compatible. Donor blood for transfusion is also screened...
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directed to refuse blood transfusions, even in "a life-or-death situation". Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept the transfusion of "whole blood, packed red cells...
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procedure than a blood transfusion, because the metabolism of transfused red blood cells does not restart immediately after a transfusion. In modern evidence-based...
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Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is the serious complication of transfusion of blood products that is characterized by the rapid onset of...
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chemotherapy. Preventive transfusion is often done in those with platelet levels of less than 10 x 109/L. In those who are bleeding transfusion is usually carried...
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