Ten patients with sickle cell anemia underwent partial exchange transfusion with hemoglobin-A-containing cells using a technique that allowed hemoglobin concentration and blood volume to remain constant. The mean fraction of hemoglobin-A in these patients increased from 9% to 55%, but the mean hemoglobin concentration increased by only 1.44 g/dl. The exchange resulted in a large improvement in ...

A fatal case of neonatal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection attributed to exchange transfusion is described. The incidence of CMV transmission by exchange and other neonatal transfusion was studied, and the use of CMV antibody-free blood for these procedures was shown to be effective in preventing CMV infection in neonates.

background: in spite of being vital to save the patients' life, blood transition may be dangerous and even fatal, too the aim of this study was to investigate the side effects (complications) of blood transfusion in the educational hospitals of qazvin. m aterials and methods: this is a descriptive cross sectional and practical study that was carried out in 2010. in this study, all the patients ...

20 500 mm (neutrophils: 9200 mm). The comprehensive metabolic panel was normal. The levels of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin were 48.9 mg/L and 4.57 ng/mL, respectively. Since severe splenic sequestration was suspected, an urgent transfusion of red blood cell concentrate was performed, and intravenous (IV) rehydration therapy and empirical treatment with IV ceftriaxone were initiated. The...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection, transmitted to humans primarily by consumption of unpasteurized milk and milk products. Transmission by blood transfusion is possible but very unusual. Herewith we present two newborns with positive blood cultures for Brucella melitensis after exchange transfusions. However, the standard tube agglutination titers against Brucella were not elevated and the ne...

The hematocrit (Hct) of awake hamsters was lowered to 90% of baseline by isovolemic hemodilution using hamster plasma to determine the acute effect of small changes in Hct and blood viscosity on systemic hemodynamics. Mean arterial blood pressure increased, reaching a maximum of about 10% above baseline (8.6 +/- 5.5 mmHg) when Hct decreased 8.4 +/- 1.9% (P < 0.005). Cardiac output increased con...

introduction: the main purpose of donor selection is not only the donor protection from blood donation complications but also the blood recipient not be expose to blood- transmitted diseases. this study aimed to determine the reason for exemption from donors among blood donor&apos;s who refer to ilam blood transfusion organization. materials and methods: this is a retrospective and descriptive ...