Blood Transfusion - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Validation of quality indicators for radical prostatectomy.

29 Nov 2008 The feasibility and validity of proposed radical prostatectomy quality indicators has not been well studied. We assessed indicator availability from treating charts. We tested the convergent construct validity of a modified subset that were ... Read more...

Myocardial iron overload in transfusion-dependent pediatric patients with acute leukemia.

30 Oct 2008 For patients who regularly receive blood transfusions, cardiac failure is the major cause of death. This is most alarming because it progresses rapidly and is difficult to manage. We present three pediatric patients with acute leukemia whose ... Read more...

Acute lung injury following blood transfusion: expanding the definition.

30 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: Acute lung injury (ALI) is a well known complication following the transfusion of blood products and is commonly referred to as transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI). The objectives of this review are to summarize current ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Blood Transfusion'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validation of quality indicators for radical prostatectomy. 29 Nov 2008
• Myocardial iron overload in transfusion-dependent pediatric patients with acute leukemia. 30 Oct 2008
• Acute lung injury following blood transfusion: expanding the definition. 30 Oct 2008
• Early intravenous unfractionated heparin and mortality in septic shock. 30 Oct 2008
• Tranexamic acid and aprotinin in primary cardiac operations: an analysis of 220 cardiac surgical patients treated with tranexamic acid or aprotinin. 30 Oct 2008
• Tranexamic Acid reduces perioperative blood loss in adult patients having spinal fusion surgery. 30 Oct 2008
• A randomized controlled trial of cell salvage in routine cardiac surgery. 30 Oct 2008
• The early days of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in the USA. 30 Oct 2008
• Characteristics of US patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: results of six cross-sectional physician surveys. 26 Oct 2008
• Postkidney transplant malignancy in Egypt has a unique pattern: a three-decade experience. 25 Oct 2008
• Does blood transfusion increase mortality risk in acute myocardial infarction? 13 Oct 2008
• Minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic enlargement: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. 7 Oct 2008
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever transmitted by blood transfusion. 30 Sep 2008
• Exchange transfusion as treatment for rasburicase induced methemoglobinemia in a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient patient. 29 Sep 2008
• Practical implications of liver and heart iron load assessment by T2*-MRI in children and adults with transfusion-dependent anemias. 29 Sep 2008
• Virus and antibody dynamics in acute west nile virus infection. 29 Sep 2008
• Abstracts of the XXVI Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Blood Transfusion Society. Llandudno, United Kingdom. September 11-13, 2008. 29 Sep 2008
• ABO-incompatible blood transfusion and invasive therapeutic approaches during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass. 29 Sep 2008
• Anemia and cerebral outcomes: many questions, fewer answers. 29 Sep 2008
• The hazards of blood transfusion in historical perspective. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Blood Transfusion'

Definition: The introduction of whole blood or blood component directly into the blood stream. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Descriptor UI: D001803

Alternative terms: Blood Transfusion; Blood Transfusions; Transfusion, Blood; Transfusions, Blood;

Related Mesh Headings: Blood Group Incompatibility; Blood Grouping and Crossmatching;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: E02.095.135;

Technical Notes: TN 186: differentiate among various "transfusion" concepts; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; for whole blood or unspecified transfusion: note that BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION & BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL & its specifics are available