Blood Transfusion

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Title:   Blood typing - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Classifying blood types is particularly important when it comes to blood transfusions.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Blood transfusion
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on blood transfusion by professional health specialists.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Blood transfusions - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about blood transfusions and their safeguards.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Platelet-rich-plasmapheresis for minimising peri-operative allogeneic blood transfusion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Platelet-rich plasmapheresis is a technique that involves a patient's own blood (autologous whole blood) being withdrawn via an intravenous catheter into a device that separates the blood by centrifugation into red blood cells (RBC), plasma, and a highl...
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:   Nov 2008
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:   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:   Oct 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:   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 2008
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 2008
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:   Sep 2008
Title:   Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion 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), is used to help restore blood volume and hopefully reduce the risk of dying. Blood products (including human albumin)...
Date:   Jun 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:   May 2008
Title:   Desmopressin use for minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Risks of infection from transfused blood given by an unrelated donor are minimal when blood is screened by a competent transfusion service but concerns still remain. Techniques are available to reduce the need for a transfusion. The review of trials fou...
Date:   Apr 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. Patien...
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:   Plasma exchange for Guillain-Barre syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare but serious disease of the peripheral nerves (nerves outside the central nervous system) that causes paralysis. Many patients have had a recent chest or stomach infection that may cause an allergic response in the nerve...
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
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