Background: Blood component transfusions are common, often life-saving therapies, however they sometimes (0.2–10% ) result in adverse reactions (ARs). The study aim was to analyse AR frequency and relation transfusion patients treated with blood components as well present recipient, donor, factors that induce ARs. Material methods: retrospective analysis included 650 cases of ARs following whic...

ERS Helen W. Belding, M.D., Winston-Salem, .V.C’. Conrad Maier, M.D., Zurich, Switzerland Robert B. Chodos, M.D., Boston, Mass. Cesar Merino, M.D., Lima, Peru Roger C. Crafts, Ph.D., Cincinnati Milo s Netou ek, M.D., Praha, Czechoslovakia C. R. DasGupta, M.D., Calcutta, India Charles E. Rath, M.D., Washington Solomon Estren, M.D., New York Jean P. Souhier, M.D., Paris, France Ronald H. Girdw-oo...

Detection of ABO blood groups through agglutination is the basis of pre-transfusion testing. However, weak agglutination reactions may be obtained with reagent antibodies and are a result of weak expression of A and B antigens on red blood cell surface which may cause a discrepancy in blood group typing. Here, we report a donor which showed discrepancy between red blood cells (forward) and seru...

Background and Aim: One of the main goals of blood transfusion medicine is to determine the compatibility of the blood products with the patients. Therefore, clinical and laboratory (serologic) evaluations should be done to determine the maximum compatibility (or minimum incompatibility). The most known blood groups is the ABO antigenic system and the most important of them is Rh system. Among ...

this study presented a mini review on folic acid deficiency and recommendations for its supplementation in thalassemia intermedia (ti). ti is a clinical condition which lies between thalassemia major and thalassemia minor. although ti patients may not need regular blood transfusion, precise diagnosis and management are critical for the prevention of clinical complications and quality of life im...

The assessment of blood loss following injury may be of considerable value when considering the question of replacement of such loss. The clinical picture of "traumatic shock"—hypotension, pallor, coldness of the extremities and cyanosis, suggests that urgent treatment is necessary. However, this picture may not be evident immediately after injury, despite its severity, particularly in young he...

Background: Unsafe transfusion practices put patients at high risk of transfusion transmissible infections. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections (including Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV] 1 and 2, Hepatitis B Virus [HBV], Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and syphilis) during a period of 18 months among blood donors in the Blood Bank of Lady Hardinge Medical Coll...

We retrospectively examined intraoperative blood transfusion patterns at US veteran's hospitals through description of national patterns of intraoperative blood transfusion by indication for transfusion in the elderly; assessment of temporal trends in the use of intraoperative blood transfusion; and relationship of institutional use of intraoperative blood transfusion to hospital 30-day risk-ad...