Mannitol for Transfusion Reaction

Leukæmoid Reaction after Blood Transfusion

A Hindu male, aged 45 years, an educationist by profession, had a previous history of duodenal ulcer from 1932-39. One of his molar teeth was extracted in November 1943, followed by persistent bleeding from the gums, stopping after 10 days of intensive treatment with haemostatics. A month later he developed severe burning sensation in the chest and back rendering him very weak and anaemic. Inte...

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. 

Hemolytic transfusion reaction due to anti-A.

Hemolytic transfusion reaction due to anti-IH.

BACKGROUND Anti-IH is usually a clinically insignificant antibody that may complicate a serologic workup. However, it can occasionally cause hemolysis. We report a rare case of acute hemolysis caused by anti-IH. CASE REPORT A 60-year-old man with a long history of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and anemia, blood group A, D+ was found to have an unidentified antibody on serologic workup. He r...

Mannitol for acute stroke.

BACKGROUND Mannitol is an osmotic agent and a free radical scavenger so it might decrease oedema and tissue damage in stroke. OBJECTIVES To test whether treatment with mannitol reduces short and long-term case fatality and dependency after acute ischaemic stroke or cerebral parenchymal haemorrhage. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Specialised Trials Register. In additio...