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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Blood transfusion"”.
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Standardized Blood Transfusion Documentation
… satisfaction through the use of a standardized blood administration documentation template. The goal was to reduce the time that nurses spend charting by offering a structured documentation template and to ensure that the procedure is correctly recorded in the patient’s electronic record. The …
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Paediatric burn wound patients: blood transfusion and requirements in the peri-operative period
The concept suggesting primary excision and immediate grafting as the definitive treatment for a thermal burn is not new (1 ). To avoid the sequelae of local and systemic sepsis, early excision of burn eschar to remove all devitalized tissue has been a widely accepted method of treatment of deep …
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An investigation of blood transfusion practices in a regional obstetric hospital with no on-site blood bank
Background This study aimed to investigate blood transfusion practices in a regional obstetric hospital with no on-site blood bank. Underpinning this research was the argument that principles of evidence-based medicine should apply to blood transfusions in the same way they do to any other clinical …
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Ottimizzazione della logistica in ambito sanitario attraverso l'uso di sistemi RFID
… systems, to optimize logistics in a Italian Blood Transfusion Center. Methodology envisage the analysis of processes by using several analytical tools: reports, flow charts, activity forms, Idef0 language. A Clinical Risk analysis was carried out, in order to highlight criticalities related …
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A Technique for the Study of the Survival of Transfused Blood in Hospital Patients
Whole blood transfusion is among the most important items in the modern physician's therapeutic armamentarium. Its value in shock, exsanguinating hemmorrhage, and the preparation of patients for surgery is obvious; but its efficacy in chronic anemia is considerably less certain. | It is most …
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A Meta-Analysis of Hydroxyurea Use for β-thalassemia: Implications for Clinical Practice and Medical Education
Chronic blood transfusion remains the most feasible therapeutic option for the majority of patients with severe β-thalassemia. However, it is associated with serious risks and complications. An alternative option is desirable and may prevent some of the problems associated with current therapy. …
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A genealogy of the gift : blood donation in London, 1921-1946
… thesis discusses the historical association of blood donation with narratives of 'the gift'. It is a history of blood-giving in London between the emergence of the city's first voluntary blood donor panel in 1921 and the establishment of the National Blood Transfusion Service in 1946, and …
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Reducing Maternal Morbidity from Peripartum Hemorrhage in Cesarean Delivery
… variables include postoperative diagnosis, blood transfusion administration, sepsis occurrence, and days from operation to discharge. The relationship between clinical treatment variables and independent variables was also explored within the context of medical procedure metrics such as …
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Essays in Health Economics
… in severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and blood transfusion events during inpatient delivery in the United States. Our findings indicate that SMM and blood transfusion events continue to be prevalent and slowly but steadily increasing. Beneath this trend, substantial disparities based on …
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Proteins as markers of TSE infection in sheep blood
… and agricultural animals. TSE transmission via blood transfusion has been demonstrated experimentally in rodent, primate and sheep models. Additionally, in humans, four variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (vCJD) cases have been reported which probably resulted from infected blood transfusions. …
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Use of Topical (Intra-articular) Tranexamic Acid to Minimise Blood Loss and Transfusion in Total Knee Replacement Surgery
… with 20-70% of patients needing 1-3 units of blood, although allogeneic transfusion is not risk free. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a synthetic antifibrinolytic agent used intravenously to stop bleeding in TKR and other surgical procedures. Objectives To determine whether intra-articular TXA is …
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A history of the Irish Red Cross Society, 1939-1971
… 1940s, the Society’s formation of a national blood transfusion service ultimately laid the foundations for the establishment of a national blood transfusion service. The Society’s steering of a national anti-tuberculosis campaign in the 1940s brought the issue of the eradication of TB to the …
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Impact of Hydroxyurea on Neurocognitive Function and Quality of Life in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
… ultrasound (TCD) and initiation of monthly red blood cell transfusions in children with SCA and abnormal TCD velocities has been proven to substantially decrease the risk of overt stroke; however, chronic transfusion is associated with a heavy patient burden and increased morbidity that can …
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An investigation of a theoretical model of willingness to donate blood
The Australian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (ARCBTS) in Western Australian faces a major problem with periodic shortages of blood components. These shortages are expected to become more frequent and severe as demand continues to increase at a faster rate than supply. Given that only five …
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The intersection of the HIV epidemic and blood donation in South Africa
… people living with HIV (PLWH) affects the local blood transfusion services (BTS) in multiple ways, including the recruitment of safe donors, the demand for blood and the development of blood safety policies. The latter includes the deferral of persons at risk of recently acquired HIV and …
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Perioperative normovolaemic haemodilution in major elective orthopaedic surgery Lusaka
… recovery. None of the patients had homologous blood transfusion and no operation was cancelled due to failure of technique.
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Perioperative normovolaemic haemodilution in major elective orthopaedic surgery Lusaka
… recovery. None of the patients had homologous blood transfusion and no operation was cancelled due to failure of technique.
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Perioperative normovolaemic haemodilution in major elective orthopaedic surgery Lusaka
… recovery. None of the patients had homologous blood transfusion and no operation was cancelled due to failure of technique.
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Diplomatic Relations of the United States and Germany, 1919-1925
… sorely in need of immediate medical attention. A blood transfusion, signifying the critical need for food and supplies, was imperative if the prostrated patient was to survive the overwhelming disasters that had befallen him. The anaemic patient in this figure personifies, more than any other …
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