Intra-arterial Transfusion

Intra-arterial transfusion in the treatment of severe injury.

Intra-uterine fetal blood transfusion.

H M N J Herath1, A W M Wazil1, N V I Ratnatunga2, A S Badurdeen1, K G A D Weerakoon3 1Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Teaching Hospital, Kandy, 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, and 3Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. Correspondence: HMNJH, e-mail: . Recei...

Accidental intra-arterial injection.

Accidental intra-arterial injection of intramuscular antibiotic preparations is described in 3 cases in infants. In 2 benzathine penicillin was injected, and in 1 rolitetracycline. The clinical features are dominated by arteriolar obstruction which produces gangrene of the most severely affected limb. In addition, neuroloigcal involvement occurs when vessels to nerves or spinal cord are involve...

Intra-arterial hepatic chemotherapy for liver malignancy.

distinction has to be drawn between deliberately risking the induction of multiple pregnancy with the full intention of using fetal reduction and resorting to fetal reduction only when high order multiple pregnancy occurs inadvertently. There is no information on the emotional consequences of selective reduction on the mother or the surviving children. In a short time mothers go from the emotio...

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