INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO AND ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME DO NOT PREDICT PLASMA TRANSFUSION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION by David Silveira MARINHO, Joel Avancini ROCHA FILHO, Estela Regina Ramos FIGUEIRA, Claudia Regina FERNANDES, Rui Carlos DETSCH JUNIOR, José Huygens Parente GARCIA, Wellington ANDRAUS, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’ALBUQUERQUE

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Transmitted blood infections and emerging vector-borne diseases in blood donors in northern Portugal by Ana Mota, Margarida Fonseca Cardoso

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Structural basis of FpGalNase and its combination with FpGalNAcDeAc for efficient A-to-O blood group conversion by Meiling Zhou, Kaishan Luo, Chao Su, Yan Sun, Zuyan Huang, Shuo Ma, Xun Gao, Jiwei Wang, Chen Zhang, Pengcheng Han, Guoqiu Wu

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TWELVE INTRAUTERINE TRANSFUSIONS IN THE EARLY EDEMATOUS FORM OF HEMOLYTIC DISEASE IN BOTH FETUSES WITH DICHORIONIC DIAMNIOTIC TWINS by Антон Валерьевич Михайлов, Алексей Николаевич Кянксеп, Светлана Владимировна Самусь, Анна Антоновна Савельева, Татьяна Александровна Каштанова, Инна Викторовна Кянксеп, Артем Николаевич Романовский

“…Seven intrauterine blood transfusions were consecutively performed to the first fetus and five transfusions to the second ones from 24 weeks of pregnancy. …”
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Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria in Uganda by Boniface Amanee Elias Lumori, Daniel Muyanja

“…He received many blood transfusions and hematinics on several occasions during the course of his admissions. …”
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Thyroid Function in Chronically Transfused Children with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Cross-Sectional Hospital Based Study by Suraj Haridas Upadya, M. S. Rukmini, Sowmya Sundararajan, B. Shantharam Baliga, Nutan Kamath

“…BTM children, 3 years old and above, on regular blood transfusions with serum ferritin > 1500 mcg/l were included in the study. …”
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case of Successful Treatment with Deferoxamine and Ferric Carboxymaltose by Natacha Rodrigues, Fernando Caeiro, Alice Santana, Teresa Mendes, Leonor Lopes

“…A decision was made to start the patient on ferric carboxymaltose, which was well tolerated without disease symptoms and need of further blood transfusions. This case suggests that deferoxamine is efficient in treatment of porphyria cutanea tarda. …”
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Current Advances in Red Blood Cell Generation Using Stem Cells from Diverse Sources by Yoojin Seo, Kyung-Hwa Shin, Hyung Hoi Kim, Hyung-Sik Kim

“…Blood transfusions hold an indispensable part in the modern healthcare system. …”
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Effects of a New Patient Safety-Driven Oxytocin Dosing Protocol on Postpartum Hemorrhage by David S. McKenna, Kari Rudinsky, Jiri Sonek

“…Women who received blood transfusions were excluded. Results. 73/3564 (2.0%) women received blood transfusions in the pre group and 64/3295 (1.9%) women in the post group, P=0.8. …”
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Appropriate Use of Inpatient Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents by Chenghao Cui, Timothy Nguyen, Mohammad Rattu

“…One dose was dispensed when the Hb was 11.1 g/dL to a patient on renal replacement therapy, and one dose was dispensed when the Hb was 13.8 g/dL to a surgical patient who refused blood transfusions. Among secondary outcomes of interest, there was a difference in blood transfusions administered in critical versus non-critical care settings. …”
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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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Transfusion Thresholds, Quality of Life, and Current Approaches in Myelodysplastic Syndromes by Ioannis Koutsavlis

“…Hemoglobin thresholds and triggers for blood transfusions have changed over the years moving from a higher to a lower level. …”
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From research to practice: bridging the implementation gap on the use of tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty by Robin M. Pfister, Benjamin F. Pfister, Ronald L. Hager, Nathan Sandholtz, Daniel Abulafia, David Bradshaw

“…The use of TXA reduced LOS and blood transfusion rate in TKA patients.…”
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A Rare Case of Chronic Uterine Inversion Secondary to Submucosal Fibroid Managed in the Province Hospital of Nepal by Amit Singh, Rajan Ghimire

“…She was resuscitated with blood transfusions and intravenous fluid. She was posted for emergency surgery where myomectomy was done vaginally, and finally, Haultain’s procedure was carried out. …”
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Clinical significance of establishing a red blood cell alloantibody detection database by XIAO Xiao, CHEN Long, ZHAO Zhenyu, HE Zhanghan, ZHOU Mengjun, TANG Jie

“…[Methods] Patients who were scheduled for blood transfusion in our hospital from January 1, 2020 to May 1, 2024 were selected as the research subjects. …”
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Injection Therapy for Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Paul Kortan

“…Three controlled trials of endoscopic sclerosis in bleeding peptic ulcer disease showed decreased blood transfusions, surgery and hospital stay, but did not find any significant difference in mortality. …”
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Spontaneous Complete Remission in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Severe Sepsis by Rambod Mozafari, Mahsa Moeinian, Ali Asadollahi-Amin

“…However, its association with infection and blood transfusions has been described. We report a 53-year-old male who presented with severe sepsis and who was diagnosed with AML (M4). …”
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Dead Collections by Mary Snyder Broussard

“…While he experiences many symptoms including cold skin and reliance on weekly blood transfusions, it is his life-threatening photophobia (aversion to sunlight) that becomes a serious impairment to commuting to and from work. …”
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Case report: Successful treatment of hyperbaric oxygen for radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis in a 95-year-old patient with bladder cancer by Li Lin, Li Lin, Man He, Yanyan Zeng, Xiaoxiao Ni, Yequn Guo, Xiaojuan Xie, Lingling Sun, Huai Huang

“…As of 26 October 2023, it is noteworthy that the patient’s hemoglobin level has restored to the pre-hematuria level (106 g/L) with no need for blood transfusions for 8 consecutive months. Moreover, there was no recurrence of hematuria during the follow-up period. …”
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THALIDOMIDE AMELIORATES ERYTHROPOIESIS AND IRON HOMEOSTASIS IN TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT β-THALASSEMIA by Kun Yang, Jian Xiao

“…Thalidomide is a therapeutic option for patients with β-­thalassemia by increasing fetal hemoglobin and thereby reducing the requirement for blood transfusions. However, information on changes in erythropoiesis and iron homeostasis during thalidomide treatment is lacking. …”
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