Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Sudanese Patient by Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Ahmed Abdalazim Dafallah Albashir, Mohammed Mahgoub Mirghani Ahmed, Ahmed Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Osman Eltieb Elbasheer Mohamed

“…She was treated with intravenous frusemide, iron supplement, tranexamic acid, blood transfusion, and nasal packing. Conclusions. HTT usually passes unnoticed in Sudan. …”
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Novel gene manipulation approaches to unlock the existing bottlenecks of CAR-NK cell therapy by Fatemeh Dehghan, Yekta Metanat, Mandana Askarizadeh, Ehsan Ahmadi, Vahid Moradi

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Evaluation of ultrasonography and plethysmography in detecting blood loss and volume replacement in a platelet apheresis model by Kıvanç KARAMAN, Furkan Çağrı OĞUZLAR, Sinan SİTEMBÖLÜKBAŞI, Erşan KAYA

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Clinical analysis of different intestinal reconstruction methods after primary cytoreductive surgery combined with rectal resection for advanced ovarian cancer by Huimin Wang, Xiaocen Li, Ying Jiang, Jinxin Chen, Rong Cao, Jingru Zhang

“…The primary intestinal anastomosis group exhibited a larger blood transfusion volume, higher incidence rates of anastomotic leak and electrolyte disturbance, and longer times to first flatus, first feeding and drain removal than the other two groups (p < 0.05).ConclusionsColostomy can be adopted for advanced ovarian cancer patients with a large ascites volume, hypoproteinemia, large intraoperative blood and fluid loss volumes, multiple intestinal resections, anastomoses located below the peritoneal reflection, high PCI and suboptimal cytoreductive surgery. …”
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Evidence from mendelian randomization identifies several causal relationships between primary membranous nephropathy and gut microbiota by Jianwei Wu, Jing Zhang, Gang Huang, Yinglian Zhong, Yi Yang, Peng Deng

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Noninvasive Ventilation with Heliox for Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Infant: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chen Long, Wang Li, Li Wanwei, Li Jie, Shi Yuan

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Analysis of the Complete Genomes of Enterovirus 71 Subtypes in China by Lei Wang, Yuzhu Dai, Jun Cheng, Changgui Sun, Yu Chen, Dawei Cui

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Reply to: comment on “Early cancer detection by serum biomolecular fingerprinting spectroscopy with machine learning” by Shilian Dong, Dong He, Qian Zhang, Chaoning Huang, Zhiheng Hu, Chenyang Zhang, Lei Nie, Kun Wang, Wei Luo, Jing Yu, Bin Tian, Wei Wu, Xu Chen, Fubing Wang, Jing Hu, Xiangheng Xiao

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Several factors that predict the outcome of large B‐cell lymphoma patients who relapse/progress after chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T‐cell therapy can be identified before cell a... by Alice Sýkorová, František Folber, Kamila Polgárová, Heidi Móciková, Juraj Ďuraš, Kateřina Steinerová, Aleš Obr, Adriana Heindorfer, Miriam Ladická, Ľubica Lukáčová, Erika Čellárová, Ivana Plameňová, David Belada, Andrea Janíková, Marek Trněný, Tereza Jančárková, Vít Procházka, Andrej Vranovský, Margaréta Králiková, Jan Vydra, Lukáš Smolej, Ľuboš Drgoňa, Martin Sedmina, Eva Čermáková, Robert Pytlík

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Safety of Simultaneous Hepatectomy and Splenectomy in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Complicated with Hypersplenism: A Meta-analysis by Xuefeng Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Meng Yu, Wei Zhou, Xuting Zhi, Tao Li

“…Outcomes including postoperative complications, perioperative mortality, intraoperative blood transfusion, and albumin (ALB) content at postoperation day (POD) 7 did not differ significantly between the two groups. …”
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Leukodepleted Packed Red Blood Cells Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Major Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Daniel Simancas-Racines, Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Gerard Urrutia, Diana Buitrago-Garcia, Solange Núñez-González, María José Martínez-Zapata, Eva Madrid, Xavier Bonfill, Ricardo Hidalgo-Ottolenghi

“…Leukocytes contained in the allogeneic packed red blood cell (PRBC) are the cause of certain adverse reactions associated with blood transfusion. Leukoreduction consists of eliminating leukocytes in all blood products below the established safety levels for any patient type. …”
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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 effectiveness of ERCP in managing preoperative complications of choledochal cysts in children and its role in facilitating early surgical intervention by Tian Zhang, Wenjie Wu, Yijun Shu, Hao Weng, Mingzhe Weng, Ying Zhou, Xuefeng Wang

“…There was no significant difference in primary outcomes, such as surgical duration, rate of minimally invasive surgery, conversion to open surgery, intraoperative bleeding volume, intraoperative blood transfusion, postoperative complications, or average length of hospital stay, between the early surgery group (≤2 weeks) and the late surgery group (>2 weeks).ConclusionsERCP was proved to be a safe and effective intervention for alleviating preoperative complications in pediatric patients with choledochal cyst. …”
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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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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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Role of Anti-MICA Antibodies in Graft Survival of Renal Transplant Recipients of India by Mohit Chowdhry, R. N. Makroo, Mandhata Singh, Manoj Kumar, Yogita Thakur, Vandana Sharma

“…The aim of the present study was to find the prevalence of MHC class 1 chain-related (MICA) alloantibodies in patients undergoing live-related donor renal transplantation and its role in short-term graft survival. The role of blood transfusion in the formation of these antibodies was also studied. …”
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Effect of Preoperative Nutritional Risk Screening on Postoperative Recovery in Patients with Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Resection for Colorectal Cancer by Xiaolong Wang, Jianlin Wu, Sen Lei, Feng Tian, Ce Cao, Guangfeng Shi

“…However, patients with nutritional risk had higher postoperative blood transfusion volumes, albumin infusions, weight difference before and after surgery, and postoperative hospital stays than the nonnutritional risk group (all P<0.05). …”
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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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Erratum to “Unexpected High Response Rate to Traditional Therapy after Dendritic Cell-Based Vaccine in Advanced Melanoma: Update of Clinical Outcome and Subgroup Analysis” by Laura Ridolfi, Massimiliano Petrini, Laura Fiammenghi, Anna Maria Granato, Valentina Ancarani, Elena Pancisi, Emanuela Scarpi, Massimo Guidoboni, Giuseppe Migliori, Stefano Sanna, Francesca Tauceri, Giorgio Maria Verdecchia, Angela Riccobon, Linda Valmorri, Ruggero Ridolfi

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FABP6 Expression Correlates with Immune Infiltration and Immunogenicity in Colorectal Cancer Cells by Wenping Lian, Zhongquan Wang, Yajie Ma, Yalin Tong, Xinyu Zhang, Huifang Jin, Shuai Zhao, Ruijing Yu, Shaotan Ju, Xinyun Zhang, Xiaona Guo, Tao Huang, Xianfei Ding, Mengle Peng

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