OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of low body mass index (BMI) on blood loss during primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. METHODS Two hundred seventy-seven consecutive AS patients who underwent primary THA were retrospectively studied. The patients were divided by BMI into an underweight group (BMI < 18.5 kg/m(2)) and a normal weight group (18.5 kg/m(2) ...

Introduction: Hypovolemic shock is diagnosed by the signs of hemodynamic instability and when source volume loss obvious. Among various types, hypovolemic most common which results either from blood hemorrhage or plasma alone due to extravascular fluid sequestration gastrointestinal, urinary, insensible losses. The objective this research was find use index in predicting resuscitation patients ...

Aim: It was aimed to find out simple parameters that can be used in the emergency triage and discriminate patients requiring hospitalization or blood transfusion (BT) among those presenting with macroscopic hematuria (MH).&#x0D; Material Method: Medical records of department (ED) MH were investigated retrospectively. The patients’ vital signs including pulse rate (PR), systolic pressure (SBP) d...

BACKGROUND Prediction of blood transfusion needs and mortality for trauma patients in near real time is an unrealized goal. We hypothesized that analysis of pulse oximeter signals could predict blood transfusion and mortality as accurately as conventional vital signs (VSs). METHODS Continuous VS data were recorded for direct admission trauma patients with abnormal prehospital shock index (SI ...

AIMS The underlying mechanisms leading to recurrent ischaemic events or mortality after red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in anaemic acute coronary syndrome patients are poorly understood. The aim of this paper is to determine whether RBC transfusion increases platelet activation and aggregation. METHODS AND RESULTS In vitro transfusions (n = 45) were performed by the addition of RBCs obtained...

Preoperative anemia and nadir hemoglobin (Hb) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) have been identified as significant risk factors for blood transfusion during cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to confirm the association between preoperative anemia, perioperative fluid management, and blood transfusion. In addition, the proportion of elective cardiac surgery patients presenting for sur...

Combined mechanical and pharmacological interventions constitute the cornerstone of therapy for patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI). These increasingly complex interventions offer morbidity and mortality advantage but are associated frequently with bleeding complications. Major bleeding is probably the most important non-cardiac complication in patients undergoi...

ttv was first isolated from the serum of a japanese patient with post transfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology in 1977. ttv has been visualized by electron microscopy and was found to be an unenveloped, small, spherical particle with a diameter of 30-32 nm, and is a member of family related to circovridae family. the exact role of ttv in the pathogenesis of liver disease is yet to be establish...

background: hydroxyurea (hu) is a well known chemotherapeutic agent that has been used largely for various myeloproliferative diseases over the past 20 years. in β-thalassemia, the effect of hu is much less clear and remains controversial. this study was undertaken to describe the hematologic and clinical responses of thalassemia major and intermediate patients to hu treatment during 2 years. m...