Partial or dilutional exchange transfusion, done for polycythemia, consists of removing whole blood and replacing it milliliter for milliliter with albumin, plasma, or normal saline to lower the ...
The risks and benefits of transfusion as well as the disease being treated and the condition of the patient must be considered in determining whether to give blood products. Additionally ...
In the past ten years the rapid expansion of private blood banks and ... In many hospitals transfusion care has passed from a rarity into a common form of therapy. Although there can be no doubt ...
Prophylactic tranexamic acid showed no reduction in blood transfusion rates in open radical cystectomy patients ... patients were considered to be eligible for enrollment if they had a planned open ...