In the developed world, most of the reported complications of transfusion have an immunological basis. Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion, ...

Blood transfusions can be life-saving in the appropriate setting. The vast majority of transfusions are completed without incident, but every transfusion recipient is at risk of a variety of adverse ...

Background: Minor adverse reactions following transfusion of blood components to cancer patients are not uncommon. Reporting these minor reactions to the transfusion service needs a careful evaluation ...

Patients receiving blood transfusions can die if errors are made and if the signs of a severe reaction are not recognised and acted on at an early stage Blood transfusion reactions are rare and vary ...

Restrictive transfusion strategy saves blood and is safe in most clinical settings, including gastrointestinal bleeding. However, generalizability of a restrictive transfusion approach in acute ...

A 67-year-old man with diabetes mellitus, chronic cystitis and hematuria was given 2 units of packed red blood cells because of severe iron-deficiency anemia (hemoglobin 54 g/L). Although he was pale, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A liberal vs. restrictive transfusion strategy yielded similar rates of death or MI at 30 days in patients with ...

Cross-circulation was performed without anticoagulants through silastic-Teflon arteriovenous forearm cannulas, 7 which were interconnected artery to vein during cross-circulation by an 80-cm. length ...

In patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the need for blood transfusion is strongly linked to acute kidney injury (AKI), a complication that in turn predicts both short- ...