Mass casualty events are expected to be the norm in future combat. Blood supplies will be vital to keeping soldiers in the ...

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 ...

Women with postpartum hemorrhage had similar transfusion rates and blood loss with intrauterine balloon tamponade and ...

A study published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics by a research team from Université Laval and Héma-Québec suggests ...

including patient blood management (PBM), pre-transfusion testing, investigation of antibody problems and transfusion reactions, component therapy, hemostasis consultation, apheresis collections and ...

The use of blood transfusions and how the procedure might ... and military physicians regarding blood typing, hemolytic reactions, altered oxygen affinity and other potential complications were ...

Consider blood transfusions, for example. When would you have deemed blood transfusions safe enough to consent to one? We’ll start at the beginning. In 1665, Richard Lower solved a fundamental problem ...

A properly labeled blood sample must be obtained from the patient and sent to the transfusion laboratory along with the original transfusion bag and giving set. Post-reaction serum must be ...