Changes in transfusion practices for patients with traumatic injury are associated with reductions in mortality, according to the findings of a prospective cohort study. Matthew E. Kutcher, MD, from ...

Over the past year, we have observed three instances in which patients with advanced cancer received blood products solely for the purpose of altering a laboratory value to satisfy eligibility ...

This has been codified in the US Army Institute of Surgical Research practice guidelines. [3] Holcomb and colleagues sought to determine whether a more balanced massive transfusion strategy in ...

New rapid-deployment plasma protocol effectively treats trauma patients quicker in the ER Date: May 28, 2015 Source: American College of Surgeons Summary: Traumatic injury is the leading cause of ...

Bengaluru: Karnataka govt is set to introduce tough measures, including introduction of global protocols, accreditation and appointment of district-level officers, to make blood transfusion foolproof.

ANAHEIM, CA—A large study conducted in 19 countries around the globe has found that a policy of restrictive red-cell transfusion during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is just as ...

A new blood transfusion strategy developed on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan looks like the best way to save civilians bleeding out from severe wounds, a new study reports. A blood ...

A blood transfusion can be a life-saving intervention if you’ve lost a lot of blood due to illness or injury, but there are some limits. How many blood transfusions you can safely have depends on your ...

There is an increasing demand for single donor platelet transfusions due to intensive chemotherapy and blood stem cell or bone marrow transplantation. Platelet transfusions however are expensive and ...