Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis with Leptospirosis: A Rare but Devastating Complication by B. M. Munasinghe, A. G. Arambepola, N. Pathirage, U. P. M. Fernando, N. Subramaniam, S. Nimalan, T. Gajanthan

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Clinical Features and Risk Factors of Mortality in Patients with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome by Hong-Wei Cui, Ru-Yi Lei, Bo-Ai Zhang

“…In univariate analysis, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (P=0.027) and blood transfusion history within 1 month before onset (P=0.027), need for dialysis (P≤0.001), nephritis (P=0.010), stroke (P=0.016), and heart failure (P=0.016) were associated with death. …”
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Intrauterine death from placental abruption: influence of labor duration and mode of delivery on maternal outcomes by Louis Van Hees, Louis Van Hees, Robin Danger, Caroline Turbelin, Caroline Turbelin

“…Complications were defined by a composite criterion, including the need for blood transfusion, severe anemia or admission to an intensive care unit.ResultsVD was attempted in 26 of the 27 patients included and successfully achieved in 85% of the cases. …”
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THE EFFECT OF TRANEXAMIC ACID INJECTION ON HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL, ALBUMIN LEVEL, AND PAIN ON PATIENT RECEIVING TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Teddy Heri Wardhana, Ahmad Hannan Amrullah, Hamzah Hamzah

“…In the group receiving tranexamic acid, 32 (100%) reported low postoperative VAS scores, did not require blood transfusions and did not require albumin transfusion. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of HIV Infection among Clients Attending ICTCs in Six Districts of Tamilnadu, South India by Rajeswari Ramachandran, V. Chandrasekaran, M. Muniyandi, K. Jaggarajamma, Anasua Bagchi, Supriya Sahu

“…Median age of clients was 30 years; 89% had never used condoms in their lives and 2% gave history of having received blood transfusion. In multivariate analysis HIV seropositivity was associated with HIV in the family (adjusted odds ratio) (AOR 11.6), history of having sex with sex workers (AOR 2.9), age ≥31 years (AOR 2.8); being married (AOR 2.5), previously tested for HIV (AOR 1.9), illiteracy (AOR 1.7), unemployment (AOR 1.5), and alcoholism (AOR 1.5). …”
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Hepatitis C pada Anak by Yusri Dianne Jurnalis, Yorva Sayoeti, Adria Russelly

“…Transmission of HCV infection in children is a major blood transfusion or blood products that are currently responsible for causing chronic hepatitis C cases. …”
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Not All Acute Abdomen Cases in Early Pregnancy Are Ectopic; Expect the Unexpected: Renal Angiomyolipoma Causing Massive Retroperitoneal Haemorrhage by Muhammad Asim Rana, Ahmed F. Mady, Nagesh Jakaraddi, Shahzad A. Mumtaz, Habib Ahmad, Kamal Naser

“…Stable patients can be managed with fluid resuscitation, correction of coagulopathy if any, and blood transfusion. Endovascular options involving selective intra-arterial embolisation or stent-grafts are clearly getting more and more popularity. …”
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Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma with Small Bowel Metastasis Causing Bowel Obstruction by Ernesto Bustinza-Linares, Francisco Socola, Vinicius Ernani, Shelly A. Miller, Jonathan C. Trent

“…Upper and lower endoscopies were unremarkable, and the patient was discharged after blood transfusion. The next day she returned to the ED with left-sided weakness and perioral numbness. …”
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Red blood cell indices in different hemoglobinopathies: A cross-sectional study in Eastern India by Ayandip Nandi, Manas Talukdar, Saikat Bhattacharya, Susruta Sen, Supratik Biswas, Kuntal Roy

“…Patients <1 year of age or having a history of blood transfusion within the past 06 months were excluded. …”
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Molecular epidemiological investigations of human parvovirus B19 among blood donors in Lanzhou by WU Kangle, YANG Shulong, FENG Weiping, WANG Weirong, PAN Deng

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Comparison of the Minimental State Examination Scale and the International HIV Dementia Scale in Assessing Cognitive Function in Nigerian HIV Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy by O. Olajumoke Oshinaike, A. Akinsegun Akinbami, O. Oluwadamilola Ojo, I. Frank Ojini, U. Njideka Okubadejo, A. Mustapha Danesi

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Disulfidptosis-related immune patterns predict prognosis and characterize the tumor microenvironment in oral squamous cell carcinoma by Xuechen Wu, Boxin Liu, Shi-Zhou Deng, Tengteng Xiong, Lin Dai, Bo Cheng

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Graves’ Disease Causing Pancytopenia and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia at Different Time Intervals: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Peyman Naji, Geetika Kumar, Shabana Dewani, William A. Diedrich, Ankur Gupta

“…His hemoglobin improved to 10.7 g/dL at discharge without blood transfusion. Graves’ disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hematologic abnormalities. …”
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Engineering synthetic signaling receptors to enable erythropoietin-free erythropoiesis by Aadit P. Shah, Kiran R. Majeti, Freja K. Ekman, Sridhar Selvaraj, Devesh Sharma, Roshani Sinha, Eric Soupene, Prathamesh Chati, Sofia E. Luna, Carsten T. Charlesworth, Travis McCreary, Benjamin J. Lesch, Tammy Tran, Simon N. Chu, Matthew H. Porteus, M. Kyle Cromer

“…Abstract Blood transfusion plays a vital role in modern medicine, but frequent shortages occur. …”
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Loxoscelism: Cutaneous and Hematologic Manifestations by Ngan Nguyen, Manjari Pandey

“…Treatment of systemic loxoscelism involves aggressive supportive care including appropriate wound management, blood transfusions, intravenous fluid replacement, and appropriate antibiotic coverage. …”
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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Sickle Cell Trait among Prospective Blood Donors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Berekum, Ghana by Patrick Adu, David Larbi Simpong, Godfred Takyi, Richard K. D. Ephraim

“…Background. Blood transfusion is a therapeutic procedure usually undertaken in patients with severe anaemia. …”
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Dorsal venous complex ligation‐free and parietal endopelvic fascia preserving in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: A prospective study of single centre by Zhong‐Hua Yang, Yong‐Zhi Wang, Tao Liu, Hang Zheng, Xing‐Huan Wang

“…Results Five patients required a blood transfusion. Mean post‐operative hospital stay was 3.9 days (2–5), and the catheter could be removed on post‐operative day 7 to 9. …”
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Effect of Fluid Flow Rate on Efficacy of Fluid Warmer: An In Vitro Experimental Study by Vorasruang Thongsukh, Chanida Kositratana, Aree Jandonpai

“…In patients who require a massive intraoperative transfusion, cold fluid or blood transfusion can cause hypothermia and potential adverse effects. …”
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Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Destruction Improves the Migration and Homing of Mesenchymal Stem Cells after Myocardial Infarction by Upregulating SDF-1/CXCR4: A Pilot Study by Lu Li, Shengzheng Wu, Zheng Liu, Zhongxiong Zhuo, Kaibin Tan, Hongmei Xia, Lisha Zhuo, Xiaojun Deng, Yunhua Gao, Yali Xu

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Sickle Cell Nephropathy and Associated Factors among Asymptomatic Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia by Uchenna Modestus Nnaji, Christian Chukwukere Ogoke, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Kingsley I. Achigbu

“…There was a positive correlation between eGFR and frequency of past painful crisis that required hospitalization (r=0.138, p=0.295) and between eGFR and frequency of blood transfusion (r=0.679, p≤0.001). Conclusions. Asymptomatic paediatric HbSS (SCA) patients had higher mean eGFR indicating an increased risk of nephropathy. …”
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