Legal and ethical considerations in the transfusion of infected or untested autologous blood.

The effectiveness of providing autologous transfusion education to operating room staff

اهدای خون و اخلاق پزشکی

Despite advances in science and technology, human is not yet capable to produce a material or solution to compensate blood loss or act as blood this vital material of the body. Blood loss is only recovered through transfusion of blood prepared from donors.Blood safety widely depends on the information obtained from voluntary blood donor. It is his/her ethical responsibility to provide valid inf...

Ethical Considerations in Respecting Patient's Autonomy and Right to Refuse Treatment: A case Report

One of the most challenging aspects of treatment is when patient seriously refuses the desired by treating physician. On the other hand, refusing treatment is a condition of the patient's right to be aware, but does such a right also imposes a moral obligation on the treating physician or not? This study discusses the diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosis disease. This article attempts to p...

Evaluation of Retrograde Autologous Priming (RAP) effect on Hemodilution and transfusion rate in operation room and ICU

Abstract Background and Objectives To perform open heart surgery, the patient needs to be placed on the bypass system. This initial volume causes excessive dilution of the patient's blood and the use of blood products, which can alter the surgical procedure and recovery of the patient. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of performing a retrograde autologous prime to reduc...

Identification of First Patient with Rh null Phenotype in Southeast Iran

Background and Aims: Rhnull, with an estimated incidence of one per 6,000,000 individuals, is an extremely rare disorder with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance that is more common in societies with a high rate of consanguinity. Materials and Methods: In this study, we report the first case with Rhnull, a blood group phenotype in southeast Iran, which was diagnosed during pretransf...