normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the main causative agent of post-transfusion hepatitis. the virus is distributed worldwide with varying prevalence in different countries, which could easily lead to chronic infections, cirrhosis, and even hepatocellular carcinoma. the aim of this study was to investigate prevalence of hcv infection and its tre...

Background & Objective Bacterial, contamination of blood components are a significant risk for transfusion reactions. Inherently, platelet concentrates (PCs) are vulnerable to bacterial contamination, due to the storage condition of processed PCs at room temperature, which provide very suitable conditions for the proliferation of microorganisms.The current study aimed at investigating the trans...

background: to evaluate the present status of blood utilization and develop practice guidelines in teaching hospitals in northern iran. methods: we retrospectively analyzed the amount of blood prepared and used preoperatively for 11 elective procedures, from march 2010 to march 2011 in teaching hospitals in northern iran. study variables included the crossmatch transfusion ratio, the transfusio...

our previous studies on thalassemia patients, homozygous or compound heterozygous for severe beta thalassemia mutations, has suggested that 5’hs4-lcr and/or xmn1-hbg2 backgrounds, which were linked in our thalassemia patients, are important in determining the blood transfusion dependency of these individuals. while the majority of patients with aa/-- 5’hs4/xmn1 background, were severely depende...

abstract introduction anemia in preterm infants is identified as hemoglobin lower than 7-10g/dl around 1-3 months after birth. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of early subcutaneous administration of erythropoietin on hematopoiesis and weight gain velocity in preterm infants. materials and methods the present study was clinical trial carried out on 42 preterm infants. those whos...

abstract background beta-thalassemia is a common hereditary hemoglobinopathy, which is a reason of microcytic hypochromic anemia. patients with major thalassemia require multiple blood transfusions. this study evaluated growth in thalassemic patient and relationship with ferritin level. materials and methods this is a cross sectional study on seventy patients (36 boys, 34girls) with transfusion...

BACKGROUND/AIM Anemia is one of the most frequent hematology disorders in patients with malignant diseases. It has a great influence on reduction of the quality of life, so it requires early diagnosis and an adequate treatment. The aim of this study was to present and analyze the treatment of anemia using red blood cell transfusions in patients with malignancies, to analyze adequate use of red ...

Background: To evaluate the present status of blood utilization and develop practice guidelines in teaching hospitals in Northern Iran. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the amount of blood prepared and used preoperatively for 11 elective procedures, from March 2010 to March 2011 in teaching hospitals in Northern Iran. Study variables included the crossmatch transfusion ratio, the transfusi...

introduction: the thalassamias refer to a diverse group of hemoglobin disorders characterized by a reduced synthesis of  one or more of globin chains (α,β, γ, δβ,γδβ, δ and εγδβ).the main cure available today for thalassamia is bone marrow transplantation (bmt)  from compatible donor.on december 3, 1981 a 14-month-old child with β-thalassemia major recieved bmt from his hla-identical sister in ...