AABB sets standards for blood banking, transfusion medicine, blood management and cellular therapies. AABB has notified Cordlife that the association can accredit it only after MoH permits the ...

Should indication for transfusion in paediatric palliative care be based on the child’s perspective rather than the biological results? An 8-year-old boy presenting a relapse of a stage IV ...

Introduction A significant proportion of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are administered intraoperatively; yet there is limited evidence to guide transfusion decisions in this setting. The ...

Make sure to tell them if you have ever had a bad reaction to a blood transfusion. You may be given a medicine to help prevent an allergic reaction. Most hospitals need a consent form before a blood ...

Iraq has passed a law that would legalise the marriage of children as young as nine. Three divisive laws have now been passed which give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters ...

The city is hoping to launch a pilot program in February that will allow hemorrhaging patients to get a blood transfusion prior ... If you have problems with the form, you can submit via email ...

collecting civilian blood for use in the life-saving procedure of blood transfusion, in military hospitals overseas. Canadians responded generously to this new opportunity to help save the lives of ...

DIIHA is a secondary form of autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... The intraoperative blood loss was 1700 mL. The patient received a type A, RhD-positive, intraoperative transfusion of 3 units (U) of red ...

Most notably, transfusion use had a significant impact in patient outcomes, with a 2-fold increase in 30-day mortality regardless of blood loss (Hb drop of <3 or ≥3 g/dL), or absolute Hb nadir after ...

Transfusion medicine is in perpetual evolution and has faced several challenges since the seventeenth century. Nevertheless, it is a relatively new specialty based on an old and simple concept that is ...