Blood Transfusion (Blood Transfusions)

01/01/2013 - "Excessive blood loss and anemia still complicate most pregnancies in our practice and the mean decision-transfusion interval is unacceptably long with debilitating maternal morbidity and mortality that can be improved with safe and effective blood transfusion with minimal or no risk."
04/01/1999 - "Much of the increase in the patient's Hct vanishes at higher blood losses, and this therapy is most effective with blood loss of <4000 mL. EPO therapy alone may be most effectively used in patients with mild anemia who are undergoing routine surgical procedures that commonly require blood transfusion."
09/01/2005 - "Corticosteroid therapy and rinsed blood transfusion were very effective for anemia. "
03/01/1990 - "If proven effective in treating anemia in premature babies, r-HuEPO will be responsible for a major reduction in the use of blood transfusions in clinical neonatology. "
04/01/2003 - "It has been assessed for the treatment of chemotherapy related anemia in NHL, myeloma and CLL with a significant reduction of blood transfusions and prevention of grade 3-4 anemia in 51% of patients. "

03/01/2015 - "Group I required a longer operative time than Group II. Blood transfusion during the operation was unnecessary due to the short amount of time available to control arterial bleeding in the prostatic fossa leading to a marked decrease in perioperative bleeding in Group II. Postoperative voiding function improved significantly in both groups. "
05/01/2014 - "For pregnant women at a high risk of massive hemorrhage, our PAD program was safe and effective for avoiding allogeneic blood transfusion."
04/11/2011 - "In case of suspected serious bleeding and bloody nasogastric aspirate therapeutic endoscopy within 12 hours is beneficial in further reduction of length of hospital stay and need for blood transfusion. "
12/01/2006 - "Use of ultrafiltration is associated with a significant reduction in postoperative blood transfusions as well as reduced bleeding in adults undergoing cardiac surgery. "
04/01/2005 - "Bleeding requiring blood transfusion was significantly greater in the multiple access group. "

06/01/1993 - "The risk of infection by blood transfusions contaminated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or the hepatitis C virus (HCV) was dramatically reduced after the introduction of blood donor screening using specific and sensitive 2nd- or 3rd-generation enzyme immunoassays for virus antibody detection. "
11/01/1990 - "Successful use of exchange blood transfusion as a therapeutic adjunct for this infection was first reported in 1974, although the efficacy of this procedure has not been established by randomized, controlled trials. "
01/01/2015 - "Observations that show the efficacy of blood-borne prion transmission is more dependent on the viability of leukocytes than the level of infectivity present in the blood product make a significant contribution to understanding the risk of prion infection by blood transfusion. "
02/17/1998 - "In cardiac surgery patients, especially when more than three blood transfusions are required, leukocyte depletion by filtration results in a significant reduction of the postoperative mortality that can only partially be explained by the higher incidence of postoperative infections in the PC group."
09/01/1990 - "Modifications in donor screening and the introduction of laboratory testing of donated blood for anti-HIV-1 and anti-HTLV-I have resulted in a significant reduction in the risks of retroviral infections from blood transfusion. "

02/01/2011 - "Over the years, we expanded the age limit for treatment (P = .03), reduced intensive care unit stays (P = .04), reduced amount of blood transfusion (P = .03), treated patients with a higher peritoneal cancer index (P < .001), achieved higher rates of complete cytoreduction (P = .003), increased use of PIC (P < .001), and improved complication rate (P = .02) and mortality rate (P = .01). "
10/01/2002 - "OR time, estimated blood loss, blood transfusions, tumor size, time in intensive care, and post-OR hospitalization were all significantly greater in patients with vascular complications. "
05/01/1993 - "Transfusion-induced immunosuppression has long been known to be beneficial for organ transplantation patients, but recent retrospective studies suggest that blood transfusions may be detrimental for patients with cancer. "
12/01/2009 - "The following prognostic factors were analyzed: age (cut-off 50 year old), single vs. multiple nodules, diameter (cut-off 5 cm), disease-free interval less vs. more than one year, type of primary tumor, blood transfusion, major hepatectomy vs. minor hepatectomy. "
03/01/2006 - "Multivariate analysis showed that pT, grading, preoperative CEA level, gender, and site of the tumor along the rectum, the number of blood transfusion and the age group of more than 65 years are independent risk factors for both overall survival and disease-free interval. "

05/01/2005 - "While other techniques are being developed, we think that autologous blood collection and blood reinfusion from wound drainage are effective in reducing the need for homologous blood transfusion; this is important because of the potential risk of reactions, disease transmission and limited blood bank resources."
05/01/2002 - "The rest received an operative management but in comparison had more severe liver injury scales, higher incidence of associated injuries, significantly greater blood transfusion requirements, longer hospital stay and a mortality rate of 67%. "
05/01/2015 - "Prediction models using combinations of pre-hospital SI (phSI) and the trauma centre SI (tcSI) values may be effective in identifying patients requiring massive blood transfusions (MT). "
11/01/1986 - "A spectrum of blunt splenic trauma, as manifested by the degree of associated injuries (Injury Severity Scores), hemodynamic status, and blood transfusion requirements, was identified and permitted application of a rational selective management program that proved safe and effective for all age groups. "
01/01/2014 - "The requirement for blood transfusion was addressed in 40% of cases where relevant and 100% cases in Phase 2. Consenting patients for trauma surgery improved in Phase 2. Regular audit is essential to maintain expected national standards. "