toxoplasma and blood transfusion.

Toxoplasma and Blood Transfusion

n Iranian Journal of Parasitology Vol. 9, No. 1, Jan -Mar 2014, a paper entitled " Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibody Levels in Blood Supply of Shiraz Blood Transfusion Institute, Iran " by Shaddel et al. was published and prevalence of toxoplasmosis was reported as 23.6% in blood products. In this regard, following notes should be considered. Blood transfusion is an important lifesaving medical i...

Evaluation of the Presence of Anti-Toxoplasma Antibodies in Blood Donors’ Presenting to Blood Transfusion Center, Bushehr, Iran

Background: If blood donors are infected with toxoplasmosis, they often have no obvious clinical symptoms due to a healthy immune system, but the Toxoplasma is still present in their white blood cells. Blood recipients are also often people with various anemia or defective immune systems. Therefore, receiving such blood will increase the risk of infection and acute form of toxoplasmosis. The ai...

Autologous Blood Transfusion

بدون شک بی خطرترین روش انتقال خون در بسیاری از بیماران، انتقال خون اتولوگ (جمع آوری و تزریق مجدد خون یا محصولات خونی) به خود بیمار است. انتقال خون اتولوگ اولین بار در سال ۱۹۲۱ عنوان شد، اما تا سال ۱۹۶۰ که بای پس کرونرو سایر جراحی های قلب بصورت معمول درآمد، توجه چندانی بدان نمی شد. امروزه انتقال خون اتولوگ بعلت نگرانی زیاد جامعه در مورد گسترش ایدز، عمومیت دوباره کسب کرده است.

Hot Blood for Transfusion

The importance of warming up the whole blood before transfusion , parti -cularly when large amounts of stored blood is used for patients in shock or under general anesthesia is discussed. Var­ious methods of Warming blood is presn­tcd and the use of high frequency Ele­ctromagnetic field for this purpose and its adv1mtagcs is introduced. 

Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibody Levels in Blood Supply of Shiraz Blood Transfusion Institute, Iran

BACKGROUND The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in the blood donors has been poorly studied. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis in blood products. METHODS A total of 250 blood products (112 fresh frozen plasma and 138 packed cells) in the Blood Transfusion Institute, Shiraz, Iran were tested for specific T. gondii antibodies (IgG and...

Blood Groups and Blood Transfusion