Although sodium nitroprusside (SNP) is often used in pediatric intensive care units, cyanide toxicity can occur after SNP treatment. To treat SNP-induced cyanide poisoning, antidotes such as amyl nitrite, sodium nitrite, sodium thiosulfate, and hydroxycobalamin should be administered immediately after diagnosis. Here, we report the first case of a very young infant whose SNP-induced cyanide poi...

background:proximal femoral shaft fractures are commonly associated with marked blood loss which can lead topostoperative acute anemia and some other complications.tranexamic acid (ta) is an antifibrinolytic medication that reduces intra-and postoperative blood loss and transfusionrequirements during some elective surgeries (1-3).the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of intravenous tr...

Phototherapy was developed in the late 1950s and is today considered the mainstay of managing neonatal jaundice. Yet prominent academic leaders continued to promote the older approach of exchange transfusion well into the 1970s, despite the considerable risks involved. This article explores why phototherapy took so long to be embraced, and how pediatric residents were caught in the middle of th...

E XCHANGE transfusions have been accepted as the therapy of choice in severe cases of erythroblastosis fetalis. Bessis and Bernard’ and others25 have reported the value of replacement transfusions in patients with acute leukemia, anemia, toxemias, anuria, etc. The technics employed in these transfusions in children and adults have been adequately described 5; the advantages of any one particula...

background: the differentiation between acute and latent forms of the toxoplasma gondii ( t. gondii ) infection is still considered as a complicated issue. this study was aimed to elucidate the status of infection in the blood donors and the probable importance of blood transfusion in the transmission of the infection through detecting both immunological and genetic markers of acute and latent ...

Automated method for exchange transfusion Sir, Philpott and Banerjee (Archives, 1972) are to be congratulated on their method of exchange transfusion using a two-channel Holter pump. Many have been interested in this technical problem, and the Holter pump provides an acceptable solution. The pumping rate of the machine is accurate to ±3%. More importantly, the discrepancy between the flow rates...

Polyhemoglobin (polyHb) is currently being assessed in phase III trials under various formulations. At present, none contain clotting factors or platelet substitutes to aid in hemostasis. We have prepared a novel blood substitute that is an oxygen carrier with platelet-like activity. This is formed by crosslinking fibrinogen to hemoglobin to form polyhemoglobin-fibrinogen (polyHb-Fg). This was ...