Blood Transfusion

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Title:   Blood transfusions
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about blood transfusions and their safeguards.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Interventions for haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review also showed that in patients with typical or diarrhoea associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome, there are no interventions that are superior to supportive therapy which includes control of fluid and electrolyte imbalance, use of dialysis if r...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Granulocyte transfusions for preventing infections in patients with neutropenia or neutrophil dysfunction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Functioning white blood cells, in particular granulocytes are important for fighting life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections. For many years, some hospital physicians have been ordering granulocytes for patients who lack white cells as a result...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Media release. Better blood management advancing well in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Senator Jan McLucas, today congratulated the blood sector on its efforts to develop better management practices in its use of blood.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   HIV and AIDS - infection control in hospitals
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Hospitals follow strict infection control guidelines to prevent the spread of HIV to patients. This includes disposing of needles and syringes after one use and sterilising instruments after every use. HIV is a blood borne virus (BBV) that is carried in the blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breast milk. Hospital workers can become infected with HIV if they accidentally prick themselves with a needle or other sharp instrument contaminated with HIV, but this is rare.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Interventions for renal vasculitis in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Renal vasculitis presents as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis which is a form of kidney disease that causes damage to the small structures (glomeruli) inside the kidneys that help filter waste and fluids from blood to form urine. The disease leads...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Fibrin sealant use for minimising peri-operative allogeneic blood transfusion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fibrin sealants are composed of specific blood clotting agents that, when applied to wound surfaces, help stop bleeding. In liquid form, fibrin sealants are generally sprayed directly onto wound surfaces. They are often used to try to reduce blood loss ...
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Transfusion reactions
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of reactions to blood transfusion by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Red cell transfusion for the management of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract is common, affecting up to 1 in 1000 adults per year. It leads to death in 10% to 30% of cases, depending on whether patients are admitted with bleeding or bleed whilst in hospital with something else.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Interventions for the treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Limited evidence suggests the best way to save babies with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome is to perform laser treatment to the placenta....
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Blood transfusion: answers to some common questions for you and your family
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Like all medical treatments, a blood transfusion should only be used when really necessary. The decision to give a blood transfusion to a patient is made only after careful consideration. In making that decision your doctor needs to balance the risk of you having a blood transfusion against the risk of not having one.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Somatostatin analogues for acute bleeding oesophageal varices
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cirrhosis of the liver is a chronic, progressing disease that is most commonly caused by excessive use of alcohol or by hepatitis C infection. The liver tissue is replaced by connective tissue, which leads to loss of liver function. People with cirrhosi...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Colloid solutions for fluid resuscitation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   When a person is bleeding heavily, the loss of fluid volume in their veins can lead to shock, so they need fluid resuscitation. Colloids and crystalloids are two types of solutions used to replace lost blood fluid (plasma). They include blood and synthe...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Blood groups
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Blood groups are classified by the ABO system and the Rhesus type system. The four blood groups are A, B, AB and O. Each blood group is either Rh-positive or Rh-negative. The Rhesus factor is important when a woman becomes pregnant.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Blood transfusion
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A blood transfusion is the transfer of blood from one person to another. The donated blood must match the recipient's blood type, or complications will occur. However in an emergency if the required blood type is not known, a patient may be given group O negative blood.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Anti-fibrinolytic use for minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review of over 200 clinical trials found that anti-fibrinolytic drugs used at the time of major surgery reduce bleeding, the need for transfusions of red blood cells and the need for repeat surgery because of bleeding, without causing serious adver...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Colloids versus crystalloids for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Trauma, burns or surgery can cause people to lose large amounts of blood. Fluid replacement, giving fluids intravenously (into a vein) to replace lost blood, is used to try to maintain blood pressure and reduce the risk of dying. Blood products, non-blo...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Myasthenia gravis
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Myasthenia gravis is a chronic muscle disease that produces weakness and abnormally rapid fatigue of the voluntary muscles.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Single versus double volume exchange transfusion in jaundiced newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Only one randomised trial fulfilled the criteria for inclusion in the analysis. This study compared single and double volume exchange transfusion in jaundice due to ABO hemolytic jaundice. The study found no significant difference in bilirubin levels fo...
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Cell salvage for minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Some patients who undergo surgery require blood transfusions to compensate for the blood loss that occurs during the procedure; often the blood used for the transfusion has been donated by a volunteer. The risks associated with receiving a volunteer don...
Date:   Jun 2006
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