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 ...

Clinical transfusion guidelines are tools used to aid clinicians with the appropriate use of blood components in the treatment of patients. These guidelines are not absolute rules but will rather ...

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 ...

This is a story that is as old as humanity: Once upon a time, a woman was heavy with child. For nine moons, she was heavy, and at evening her time came to birth, and the labor pains came upon her. And ...

The AABB releases guidelines on red blood cell transfusions The AABB evaluated studies that examined hemoglobin thresholds for red blood cell transfusion and red blood cell storage duration. The ...

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 ...

And that’s especially true when trauma and severe blood loss are involved. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 45 and younger, and among trauma patients, uncontrolled bleeding is the ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with severe thrombocytopenia who did not receive prophylactic transfusion before catheter placement had ...

A series of hearings to evaluate unfair labor practice charges against Cayuga Medical Center have resumed this past Monday. This National Labor Relation Board court hearing will consider allegations ...