abstract introduction anemia in preterm infants is identified as hemoglobin lower than 7-10g/dl around 1-3 months after birth. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of early subcutaneous administration of erythropoietin on hematopoiesis and weight gain velocity in preterm infants. materials and methods the present study was clinical trial carried out on 42 preterm infants. those whos...

abstract background beta-thalassemia is a common hereditary hemoglobinopathy, which is a reason of microcytic hypochromic anemia. patients with major thalassemia require multiple blood transfusions. this study evaluated growth in thalassemic patient and relationship with ferritin level. materials and methods this is a cross sectional study on seventy patients (36 boys, 34girls) with transfusion...

Background: To evaluate the present status of blood utilization and develop practice guidelines in teaching hospitals in Northern Iran. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the amount of blood prepared and used preoperatively for 11 elective procedures, from March 2010 to March 2011 in teaching hospitals in Northern Iran. Study variables included the crossmatch transfusion ratio, the transfusi...

seroepidemiological investigation of hepatitis b,c and hiv virus in safe blood donors of babol blood transfusion center   aghajanipoor k.1,2 (md), zandieh t.1(phd)      1 iranian blood transfusion organization-research center   2 amol regional blood transfusion center

one of the most fundamental components of healthcare system on each country is blood supply chain management. this chain is comprised of two significant components including collecting donor’ bloods and supplying blood’s products. the main purpose of this paper is to concentrate on supplying blood products and present a novel constrained bi-objective mathematical model for a two-echelon blood s...

Background: Many of the multiple traumatized patients who refer to the hospital need transfusion. Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a serious clinical syndrome associated with the transfusion of plasma-containing blood components. In the article, we present a case of TRALI following transfusion of packed red blood cells Case Presentation: A 24 year old male referred to Shahid Beh...

Massive blood transfusion is defined as the loss of one or more circulating blood volumes. It is, therefore, important to calculate the patient’s estimated blood volume (EBV) and to relate this to the volume of blood products and other fluids administered (Table 1). In addition the anesthesiologist should estimate how much blood will be allowed to be lost before the initiation of packed RBC tra...