Cerebral terminal zone infarction following collection of blood for the purpose of preoperative autologous blood donation.

Revised guidelines on preoperative autologous blood donation.

advertising." When the problem is so serious and the benefit of banning promotion so clear we are inevitably left to wonder what it is that stops Mrs Bottomley from acting. Natural civil service inertia, a libertarian distaste for advertising bans, and some economic anxiety may have marginal importance, but direct political pressure from the tobacco industry and those who benefit from advertisi...

The rise and fall of preoperative autologous blood donation.

Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation a Confessors Point Of View

This contribution was part of a public pro and con discussion during the 4th CAT symposium in Nottwil (Switzerland) and will focus predominantly on the pro arguments for preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD). A major advantage of PABD is the avoidance of the immunological problems associated with allogeneic transfusions. These can result in the delay of later transfusions and unavailabi...

Ten years of preoperative autologous blood donation in accra.

SUMMARY BACKGROUND Preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) is utilized to circumvent the use of allogenic blood for various reasons. OBJECTIVE To describe the distribution in terms of demographic characteristic, trends in participation and result of screening test of the PABD programme of the Accra Area Blood Center from 1993-2003. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective descriptive study of...

Autologous blood donation

Although preoperative autologous blood donation is employed in elective surgery, this is declining because of the increasingly safe allogeneic blood supply. However, it continues to be used because of the public's perception of allogeneic blood risks and increasing blood shortages. Patients may donate a unit of blood (450 +/- 45 ml) as often as twice weekly, up to 72 hours before surgery. Preop...