Background: Pediatric liver transplantation (LT) is strongly associated with increased intraoperative blood transfusion requirement and postoperative morbidity and mortality. In the present study, we aimed to assess the risk factors associated with massive transfusion in pediatric LT, and examined the effect of massive transfusion on the postoperative outcomes. Methods: We enrolled pediatric pa...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of hemoglobin levels in predicting outcomes and evaluate whether transfusion could improve the outcomes of chemotherapy on gastric cancer patients. METHODS A total 310 patients were divided into two groups: high Hb group (Hb >90 g/L) and low Hb group (Hb <90 g/L). A portion of patients in low Hb group received transfusion. The effect of hemoglobin level on the ...

The aim of this study was to provide an overview of massive transfusion in Chinese hospitals, identify the important indications for massive transfusion and corrective therapies based on clinical evidence and supporting experimental studies, and propose guidelines for the management of massive transfusion. This multiregion, multicenter retrospective study involved a Massive Blood Transfusion Co...

T he 3rd International Congress on Transfusion Medicine was organized by the High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine (IRETM) and the Scientific Society of Blood Transfusion in Tehran, Iran on December 15–17, 2015. The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), the French Blood Establishment (L’Etablissement Français du Sang;...

The risks of transfusion remain significant. Familiarity with the incidence, etiology, management, and prevention of commonly encountered transfusion reactions is integral to the practice of transfusion medicine. This review intends to serve as a practical guide reflecting the current understanding of adverse transfusion events, clinical features helpful for diagnosis, and recommended managemen...

seroepidemiological investigation of hepatitis b,c and hiv virus in safe blood donors of babol blood transfusion center   aghajanipoor k.1,2 (md), zandieh t.1(phd)      1 iranian blood transfusion organization-research center   2 amol regional blood transfusion center

The importance of warming up the whole blood before transfusion , parti -cularly when large amounts of stored blood is used for patients in shock or under general anesthesia is discussed. Var­ious methods of Warming blood is presn­tcd and the use of high frequency Ele­ctromagnetic field for this purpose and its adv1mtagcs is introduced. 

BACKGROUND The benefit of blood transfusion in patients with myocardial infarction is controversial, and a possibility of harm exists. METHODS A systematic search of studies published between January 1, 1966, and March 31, 2012, was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases. English-language studies comparing ...

OBJECTIVE To calculate the absolute risk reduction of transfusion-related adverse events, the number of patients needed to treat, and cost to avoid one transfusion-related adverse event by using erythropoietin in critically ill patients DESIGN Number needed to treat with sensitivity analysis. SETTING Teaching hospital. PATIENTS Hypothetical cohort of critically ill patients who were candi...