RINGLE, AND STANLEY I?. BALCERZAK. Oxygen delivery following transfusion of stored blood. I. Normal rats. J. Appl. Physiol. 37(l) : 60-63. 1974 .-Blood stored in acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD) develops increased oxygen affinity secondary to progressive decline of red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (DPG) levels. The ability of stored blood to supply oxygen to tissues was studied in rats exchange-trans...

In a patient with hyperargininemia, enzyme replacement therapy such as whole blood exchange transfusion or erythrocyte transfusion was performed, and its effect was confirmed in vitro as well as in vivo. The patient has been treated with the restriction of protein intake, oral administration of an essential amino acid mixture, and sodium benzoate or phenylacetic acid. With these treatments, his...

Transfusion-transmitted malaria (TTM) in neonates is rare. TTM can occur in both endemic and nonendemic areas because the current tests used to screen the donor blood for malaria are unreliable when there is low parasitemia. Malaria must be considered as an important differential diagnosis for neonatal sepsis after exchange transfusion. Management strategy in TTM in the neonatal period is not s...

OBJECTIVE: To describe the current rationale for the transfusion of blood, blood components, and plasma derivatives in term and preterm infants. SOURCES: Selection of relevant medical articles published within the last ten years. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: Peculiar characteristics and special care concerning exchange transfusion, transfusion of red blood cells, platelets, granulocytes, and fresh ...

Automated method for exchange transfusion Sir, In their report (Archives, 1972, 47, 815) M. G. Philpott and A. Banerjee presented a technique of exchange transfusion based on the use of a Holter infusion pump with two channels connected to umbilical vein and artery. In 1971 we (Garofalo, Minerva, and Baltieri, 1971) described a method of exchange transfusion by means of Holter microinfusion rol...

The mortality of coma complicating acute hepatic necrosis remains high at about 80% and recently exchange transfusion has shown some promising results. This line of treatment is based on the assumption that improvement depends on the removal of non-dialysable toxic substances from the circulation although some authors have suggested that the benefit might be due to the addition of deficient fac...