In a previous study by Anderson, Smith and Walker (1961), it was observed that in four out of 100 infants undergoing exchange transfusion for haemolytic disease of the newborn, a rise of blood pyruvate occurred during the procedure. It was suggested that the rise of blood pyruvate might be due either to the metabolic action of citrate or glucose, and that this biochemical change might be relate...

A young man presented with abdominal pain and vomiting after eating Naphthalene Mothball. He had dyspnea, central cyanosis (SaO2 on air was 67% air), marked pallor, deep jaundice dehydration. His urine color black; and, his plasma in clotted blood sample brownish. treated as methemoglobinemia due to suicidal Mothball poisoning fluid electrolyte replacement, ascorbic acid, N-acetylcystine exchan...

Ten patients with sickle cell anemia underwent partial exchange transfusion with hemoglobin-A-containing cells using a technique that allowed hemoglobin concentration and blood volume to remain constant. The mean fraction of hemoglobin-A in these patients increased from 9% to 55%, but the mean hemoglobin concentration increased by only 1.44 g/dl. The exchange resulted in a large improvement in ...

A fatal case of neonatal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection attributed to exchange transfusion is described. The incidence of CMV transmission by exchange and other neonatal transfusion was studied, and the use of CMV antibody-free blood for these procedures was shown to be effective in preventing CMV infection in neonates.

background: in spite of being vital to save the patients' life, blood transition may be dangerous and even fatal, too the aim of this study was to investigate the side effects (complications) of blood transfusion in the educational hospitals of qazvin. m aterials and methods: this is a descriptive cross sectional and practical study that was carried out in 2010. in this study, all the patients ...

introduction: the main purpose of donor selection is not only the donor protection from blood donation complications but also the blood recipient not be expose to blood- transmitted diseases. this study aimed to determine the reason for exemption from donors among blood donor's who refer to ilam blood transfusion organization. materials and methods: this is a retrospective and descriptive ...

blood is a liquid tissue in which dissolved with abundant chemical factors and millions of different cells the reduction of unwanted side effects, especially diseases that emerge through blood such as hiv and hepatitis, has a significant role for modern medicine of transfusion and transplantation. the issues and costs of human blood collection and storage, direct this procedure towards the use ...

The objective of the present study is to evaluate the pharmacodynamic properties of polymerized porcine hemoglobin (pPolyHb) in an exchange transfusion model. Each of two groups of rats received a volume of pPolyHb or hetastarch that equalled 120-140% of estimated total blood volume (70 ml/kg) exchange transfusion. The results showed pPolyHb retained hemodynamic stability and exhibited superior...

BACKGROUND Exchange transfusion (ET) has been known as an effective treatment in sever neonatal jaundice. Prescribing appropriate blood group makes an important role in patient's outcome and no single component is unequivocally the best. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of ABO compatible packed cell, dried O, and routine O groups on exchange transfusion outcomes. METHODS T...

We wish to thank our neurosurgical colleagues Mr. P. Harris, Mr. J. F. Shaw, and Mr. G. N. N. Reddy; and also Professor Sir John Bruce and Dr. A. Brownfie Smith for their help with some general surgical and otorhinolaryigological aspects respectively of Case 5. We are particularly grateful to Dr. A. S. Brown, consultant anaesthetist, and Dr. A. A. Donaldson, consultant radiologist, for their sk...