Transfusion-associated graft-vs-host disease (TA-GVHD) is a rare complication of transfusion. We report fatal TA-GVHD in a 63-year-old coronary artery bypass patient of European descent after an RBC transfusion from an unrelated donor. The patient had mild lymphocytopenia and received 2 80-mg doses of methylprednisolone and 7 units of RBCs. On day 14 after the transfusion, he had fever, elevate...

background: bilirubin encephalopathy is a clinical syndrome, associated with bilirubin toxicity in the central nervous system, resulting in chronic and permanent sequelae. it has been estimated that approximately 60% and 80% of term and preterm newborns develop jaundice in the first week of life, respectively. in the present study, we aimed to determine the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality ...

objective to investigate association between nosocomial infection, blood products transfusion and microorganisms responsible in patients who hospitalized at icu (intensive care unit). patients and methods in this prospective study, 217 patients who were admitted to the icu of taleghani hospital between august 2010 and august 2011 were included. nosocomial infections were defined using the conta...

background: various adverse effects of homologous blood transfusion detected particularly in open heart surgery, in which it is frequently used, lead researchers to study on autologous blood use and to evaluate the patient’s blood better. due to the complications of homologous blood transfusion, development of techniques that utilize less transfusion has become inevitable. we aimed to evaluate ...

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...

INTRODUCTION The Netherlands Armed Forces use -80°C frozen red blood cells (RBCs), plasma and platelets combined with regular liquid stored RBCs, for the treatment of (military) casualties in Medical Treatment Facilities abroad. Our objective was to assess and compare the use of -80°C frozen blood products in combination with the different transfusion protocols and their effect on the outcome o...

no abstract

OBJECTIVE To describe transfusion practices and anemia in women with postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), according to the clinical context. DESIGN Population-based cohort study. SETTING A total of 106 French maternity units (146 781 deliveries, December 2004 to November 2006). POPULATION All women with PPH (n = 9365). METHODS Description of the rate of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in PPH o...

INTRODUCTION Children who are subjected to surgical treatment for scoliosis usually end up receiving a lot of blood transfusions since they tend to lose one or more blood volumes during the surgery. Tranexamic acid is an antifibrinolytic agent, increasingly used in children to reduce perioperative blood loss in various settings, including corrective surgery of scoliosis. CASE REPORT A 12-year...

background: the most appropriate route of tranexamic acid administration is controversial. in the current study, we compared the efficacy of intravenous (iv) and topical intra-articular tranexamic acid in reducing blood loss and transfusion rate in patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty. methods: one hundred twenty 120 patients were scheduled to undergo primary total knee arthro...