Abstract Background The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors and develop a nomogram for blood transfusions after posterior lumbar spinal fusion (PSL). Methods We conducted retrospective, single-center based on 885 patients receiving PSL, data obtained from May 2015 September 2019. Univariable multivariable logistics regression analysis were identify transfusion, constructed indiv...

BACKGROUND Between June-October 2012, 61 flight-medic-directed transfusions took place aboard U.S. Army Medical Evacuation (medevac) helicopters in Afghanistan. This represents the initial experience for pre-hospital blood product transfusion by U.S. Army flight medics. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of clinical records, operating guidelines, after-action reviews, decision and in...

INTRODUCTION The basic principle of patient's chemotherapy is that its performance is rational, safe and of high quality. In order to rationalize the whole process, the Transfusiology Committee has decided to introduce the Type and Screen method (typifying of blood types and screening of antibodies) in pre-transfusion testing in General Hospital "Dorde Joanovic" in Zrenjanin. The method represe...

BACKGROUND The factors contributing to blood transfusions in patients with anemia of chronic disease are not well documented in the literature. We analyzed all blood transfusion events within a single oncology practice to determine if certain chemotherapy drugs, cancer types, or other factors necessitated more frequent transfusions. PATIENTS AND METHODS Out of 331 patients receiving chemother...

BACKGROUND A high proportion of patients having cardiac bypass surgery receive erythrocyte transfusions. Decisions about when to transfuse patients having surgery for coronary artery disease may impact on erythrocyte utilization and patient morbidity and mortality. There are no published data about the factors that influence physicians' decisions to transfuse erythrocytes to these patients. The...

HYPOTHESIS The purposes of this study were to determine the incidence of blood transfusion after revision shoulder arthroplasty and to assess risk factors associated with an increased risk of transfusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1994 and 2008, 566 consecutive revision shoulder procedures were performed at our institution, which formed the basis of this study. The patient's age, sex, bod...

Background. Blood transfusion is the cornerstone of therapy for many serious and common diseases. This study was performed to assess blood transfusion practice before and after implementation of type and screen protocol in emergency department of a university affiliated hospital in Iran, 2012-2013. Methods. An audit was studied before and after the implementation of type and screen protocol. Th...