Blood Transfusion & Rational use of blood

Rational use of blood and blood products.

During tlie Spring of 1987 the author had the privilege of visiting the Pathology Depart*.? ment of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and was able t o witness many aspects of local clinical practice involving blood therapy including heart surgery and bone marrow transplantation. It is acknowledged that the demographic situation in Malaysia differs considerably from that in Scotland; neve...

Autologous Blood Transfusion

بدون شک بی خطرترین روش انتقال خون در بسیاری از بیماران، انتقال خون اتولوگ (جمع آوری و تزریق مجدد خون یا محصولات خونی) به خود بیمار است. انتقال خون اتولوگ اولین بار در سال ۱۹۲۱ عنوان شد، اما تا سال ۱۹۶۰ که بای پس کرونرو سایر جراحی های قلب بصورت معمول درآمد، توجه چندانی بدان نمی شد. امروزه انتقال خون اتولوگ بعلت نگرانی زیاد جامعه در مورد گسترش ایدز، عمومیت دوباره کسب کرده است.

Hot Blood for Transfusion

The importance of warming up the whole blood before transfusion , parti -cularly when large amounts of stored blood is used for patients in shock or under general anesthesia is discussed. Var­ious methods of Warming blood is presn­tcd and the use of high frequency Ele­ctromagnetic field for this purpose and its adv1mtagcs is introduced. 

Evaluation of Changes in Blood Products Transfusion Indices Following Three Years of Implementation of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization Standards

Background: Increasing demand for blood and blood products mostly due to increased individual access to health care services rises the concerns over lack of adequate amounts of blood products. It also can impose additional costs to blood transfusion centers and may increase transfusion-related complications. We aimed to investigate the impact of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO)...

Blood Groups and Blood Transfusion