For each of the blood product categories and outcomes evaluated in the study, rates of mortality and morbidity were compared among infants who underwent transfusions and those who did not. Clinicians ...

SAN ANTONIO—Cardiac surgery patients with excessive bleeding who are treated with prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) have significantly lower transfusion requirements than their counterparts ...

Objective Despite lack of evidence supporting efficacy, prophylactic fresh frozen plasma and Octaplas transfusions may be administered to very preterm infants to reduce bleeding risk. International ...

Premier League titles could be “revisited” once Manchester City’s Financial Fair Play case concludes, though a verdict is still a long way away. Can anyone remember a time before Man City‘s FFP case ...

Objective To assess the effectiveness of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) as an adjunctive treatment to anti-snake venom (ASV) for resolving venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) in patients with ...

Background: Blood transfusion, a vital procedure in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), also poses risks such as necrotizing enterocolitis, intraventricular hemorrhage, and death. We conducted a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Outcomes from early vs. restrictive transfusion strategies after general or vascular surgery were similar. The ...

Perioperative allogeneic red blood cell transfusion is not associated with increased risk for postoperative venous thromboembolism following major surgery. A link to this article will be included in ...

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As a transfusion medicine physician, I have encountered increasing requests for blood from Covid-19 unvaccinated donors or directed donations based on personal beliefs. In one case, a patient refused ...