background: mostly seen toxicities following vancomycin are ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity. we here report a very low birth weight preterm neonate who developed severe episodes of apnea after accidental iatrogenic vancomycin overdose, responsive to treatment with double volume exchange transfusion. case report: a preterm neonate weighing 1380 grams received two doses of 10-fold of the normal do...

results of 153 patients, 96.8% received pc and 54.9% transfused ffp during or after surgery. most of the transfusions were done after operation in intensive care unit (icu). also, 20% and 17% of the patients underwent transfusion of more than 6 units of pc and ffp, respectively. the mean left ventricular ejection fraction of the patients was 42.5 ± 10.9%. a significant number of patients had an...

introduction : regular blood transfusions for patients with thalassemia major have improved their overall survival, but carry a definite risk of being infected with blood born viruses especially hepatitis b and c. nowadays, it has remained as main health concern about these patients. in this study, we tried to define the prevalence rate of hepatitis b and c and survey the related risk factors a...

Haemovigilance is defined as a set of surveillance procedures from the collection of blood and its components to the follow–up of recipients, denoted to collect and assess information on unexpected or undesirable effects resulting from the therapeutic use of labile blood products, and to prevent their occurrence or recurrence. In this system the complications of blood transfusion are systematic...