BACKGROUND Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD) is a fatal complication of transfusion of blood products that usually affects immunocompromised patients. Articles reporting this condition in immunocompetent recipients are usually from countries that still have problems in irradiation of blood products. CASE REPORTS This report presents fatal TA-GVHD in four immunocompete...

Blood remaining in the extracorporeal circuit (ECC) is frequently concentrated and washed before transfusion to the patient after termination of cardiopulmonary bypass. As additional doses of protamine are often administered to reverse the effects of suspected heparin content of this blood, we determined activated clotting times (ACTs) and heparin concentration pre and post cell salvaged blood ...

Background. Since cryoprecipitate, fibrinogen concentrate, or recombinant activated factor VII is not approved by public medical insurance in Japan, we retrospectively assessed blood product usage in patients with obstetric hemorrhage at our tertiary obstetric center. Material and Methods. 220 patients with obstetric hemorrhagic disorders who underwent blood product transfusion in our instituti...

1 Bristol Institute for Transfusion Sciences and The International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant, Filton, Bristol, UK 2 University of Campinas/Hemocentro, Campinas, Brazil 3 University Hospital, Ulm, Germany 4 Growing Your Knowledge, Split Junction, NSW, Australia 5 American Red Cross Blood Services, Pomona, CA, USA 6 Reference Laboratory for Immunohematology and Bl...

Analyzing given medical databases provide valuable references for classifying other patients symptoms. This study presents a strategy for discovering fuzzy decision trees from medical databases, in particular Harbeman’s Survival database and the Blood Transfusion Service Center database. Harbeman’s Survival database helps doctors treat and diagnose a group of patients who show similar past medi...

A nine month old infant was taken to a rural medical center due to hematemesis and melena. The bleeding persisted in spite of active management with gastric lavage, intravenous cimetidine, antiacid therapy and blood transfusion for four days' duration. The patient was referred to our center for further evaluation and management. On arrival he was pale and ill looking with active bleeding fr...

OBJECTIVE To notify persons who received a blood transfusion in a neonatal intensive care unit between January 1975 and July 1992 of their risk for hepatitis C infection and to encourage them to seek hepatitis C antibody testing. DESIGN Neonatal intensive care unit, blood bank, and public access records were queried to identify current mailing addresses and persons deceased. All persons were ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of a commercial blood transfusion cross-match kit when compared to the standard laboratory method for establishing blood transfusion compatibility. DESIGN A prospective observational in intro study performed from July 2009 to July 2013. SETTING Private referral veterinary center. ANIMALS Ten healthy dogs, 11 anemic dogs, and 24 previously transfused dogs...

Background: Many of the multiple traumatized patients who refer to the hospital need transfusion. Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a serious clinical syndrome associated with the transfusion of plasma-containing blood components. In the article, we present a case of TRALI following transfusion of packed red blood cells Case Presentation: A 24 year old male referred to Shahid Beh...