background and aim: postoperative hemorrhage is a common complication following coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery. warming the patient may be effective on postoperative hemorrhage and blood transfusion. the main objective of this study was to determine the effect of postoperative active warming of the patient on hemorrhage and blood transfusion after off-pump cabg surgery. methods: th...

blood is a liquid tissue in which dissolved with abundant chemical factors and millions of different cells the reduction of unwanted side effects, especially diseases that emerge through blood such as hiv and hepatitis, has a significant role for modern medicine of transfusion and transplantation. the issues and costs of human blood collection and storage, direct this procedure towards the use ...

BACKGROUND Blood transfusions are one of the most performed medical procedures in the world. Thus, as education in transfusion medicine is vital to medical care, it should aim to promote a responsible practice with the rational use of blood by doctors. This study aims to investigate the situation of the teaching of transfusion medicine in medical schools in Brazil. METHOD The websites of the ...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B remains the most common transfusion-transmitted viral infection. We explored the current status of pre-transfusion screening and post-transfusion follow-up testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibodies (anti-HBs) in blood recipients from an area of high HBV endemicity. METHODS A total of 7,780 blood recipients were transfused with at least 1...

The aim of the study is to investigate the feasibility of pre-operative autologous blood donation (PABD) self-transfusion on the postpartum recovery and the endocrine in lying-in women. The PABD is carried out on 70 pregnant women who have high risk of postpartum hemorrhage. Those 70 subjects were divided into three groups: 33 cases of PABD self-transfusion during the Cesarean section; 16 cases...

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....

OBJECTIVE To determine factors influencing the individual effects of blood transfusions regarding oxygen delivery and consumption. DESIGN Chart review. SETTING A university hospital cardiosurgical intensive care unit. PATIENTS Sixty-seven patients with 170 transfusion events evaluated. INTERVENTIONS Blood transfusion. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Measurements were performed before an...

BACKGROUND Conservation of blood during cardiac surgery is important because of the shortage of donor blood, risks associated with transfusion, and the costs of allogeneic blood products. This retrospective study explored the feasibility of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) without transfusion. METHODS One hundred and two consecutive patients underwent OPCAB from January 2007 to June 20...

Patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) have historically been over-transfused. In a district general hospital setting, the authors observed a significant downward trend in blood transfusion requirements in these patients over 6 years after a change in transfusion policy. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the change in transfusion practice and present the...