Current risks in blood transfusion in Japan.

The current state of transfusion medicine and cell therapy.

The current status of autologous blood transfusion in Japan--the importance of pre-deposit autologous blood donation program and the needs to achieve patient blood management.

BACKGROUND Autologous blood transfusion (ABT) is currently considered the safest transfusion, since the risks of allogeneic immunological reaction and viral transmission are theoretically null. Although its use has declined in Western countries in the recent decade, it has been progressively expanded in Japan. With the widening of the concept of patient blood management (PBM), which aims to pre...

The value of autotransfusion in the management of intraoperative blood loss during orthopedic surgery.

The principal advantage of autologous blood transfusions is the danger of transmitting infectious agents and the adverse immunomodulatory effects of allogenic transfusion can be avoided. The effectiveness of preoperative autologous blood donation in reducing allogenic blood exposure is undisputed. The current discussion focuses on cost effectiveness versus the potential risks of autologous bloo...

The Frequency of Packed Red Blood Cells Transfusion in Preterm Infants Admitted to NICU of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital During 2016

Background: Red blood cells transfusion is a useful practice for preterm infants. Large amount of blood is usually wasted in the infants. Considering that few studies have been carried out on infants, the aim of current study was to investigate the frequency of packed red blood cells transfusion in preterm infants admitted to NICU of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd during 2016 Materials and M...

عوارض تزریق خون فاقد آنزیم G6PD در کودکان

Introduction & Objective: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common metabolic disease of red blood cells. It affects about 35 millions people in the entire world. Its incidence in IRAN is estimated to be 10-14.9%. Transfusion of G6PD deficient blood produces many untoward side effects in recipients. Despite the high incidence of the disease and such risks, blood don...