New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors
Emergency room doctors often have only a few minutes to determine which patients are in need of a blood transfusion.
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Emergency room doctors often have only a few minutes to determine which patients are in need of a blood transfusion.
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High energy sound waves could treat a potentially deadly complication that affects some twin pregnancies, says new research.
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Platelets, whose primary function is to prevent bleeding, are vital for treating various forms of trauma and blood diseases. However, they can only be obtained through blood donations at present. Researchers reporting online ...
Feb 13, 2014
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Around one person in 2,000 in Britain carries the protein linked to the human version of mad cow disease, a figure higher than previous estimates, a study said on Tuesday.
Oct 14, 2013
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In the early 1950's, a 66-year-old woman, sick with colon cancer, received a blood transfusion. Then, unexpectedly, she suffered a severe rejection of the transfused blood. Reporting on her case, the French medical journal ...
Mar 20, 2013
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(Medical Xpress) -- This weekend at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Chicago, Illinois, researchers from two different study groups, one on the east coast and one on the west coast, ...
Allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs), a potentially life-threatening side effect of blood transfusions with unclear mechanisms, may be linked to food allergies in pediatric patients as per a recent study by scientists from ...
Mar 13, 2024
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The first study to look at the prevalence of lesser-known blood groups within the Australian population that need to be "matched" during a blood transfusion shows they have changed, most likely due to increasing ethnic diversity.
Mar 5, 2024
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A collaborative cohort of researchers, led by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus professor Angelo D'Alessandro, has identified kynurenine as a critical new biomarker in the quality of stored red blood cells (RBCs), ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Change in clinical practice would have clear benefits for patients undergoing major bowel surgery, according to analysis conducted by researchers from UCL and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
Nov 23, 2023
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