BACKGROUND Payments for red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are separate from US Medicare bundled payments for dialysis-related services and medications. Our objective was to examine the economic burden for payers when chronic dialysis patients receive outpatient RBC transfusions. METHODS Using Truven Health MarketScan® data (1/1/02-10/31/10) in this retrospective micro-costing economic analysi...

Through the establishment of blood transfusion-effectiveness assessment criteria, we aimed to evaluate and analyze the effectiveness of peri-operative red blood cell transfusion for major orthopedics in elderly patients. Male and female patients (n=106) with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) stage II-III, aged 60-80 years and scheduled for elective orthopedic surgery were randomly div...

OBJECTIVE to develop a clinically useful perioperative blood transfusion prediction model for patients undergoing a major head and neck surgical procedure requiring free-flap reconstruction. DESIGN retrospective observational study. SETTING tertiary care university-affiliated teaching hospital (University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada). PATIENTS all patients with a head and nec...

background: transfusion services rely on transfusion reaction reporting to provide patient care and protect the blood supply. unnecessary discontinuation of blood is a major wastage of scarce blood, as well as man, hours and funds. the aim of the present study was to describe the main characteristics of acute transfusion reactions reported in the 4 hospital of kermanshah university of medical s...

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BACKGROUND We are not aware of any previous study that has examined predictive factors for blood transfusion after shoulder arthroplasty. We analyzed the association between clinical factors and the need for postoperative blood transfusion and documented the use and waste of predonated blood in a group of patients managed with shoulder arthroplasty. METHODS A retrospective study of 119 patien...

BACKGROUND Major blood loss usually occurs in both hip and knee arthroplasty, frequently leading to the need for blood transfusion. This study was performed to determine blood transfusion rates and analyze the factors which affected the need for blood transfusion in patients who underwent primary unilateral total knee and hip arthroplasties at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica...

The changes in plasma thyroid hormone concentration were studied during exchange transfusion performed for haemolytic disease. 24 transfusions were performed using blood preserved with acid-citrate and dextrose and in 11 cases 10 or 50 mug glucagon was added to the donor blood. Plasma tri-iodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), thyrotropin (TSH), thyroid hormone binding capacity, and free thyroxine...

Background: Increasing demand for blood and blood products mostly due to increased individual access to health care services rises the concerns over lack of adequate amounts of blood products. It also can impose additional costs to blood transfusion centers and may increase transfusion-related complications. We aimed to investigate the impact of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO)...