Moreover, a shortage of do- nor blood has been a major social issue in Korea. Thus far, there has been no general consensus on using allogeneic blood products in cardiac surgery. Conventional CABG patients with CPB are at increased risk of perioperative blood loss requiring a...
Pre-Analytical Issues and Interferences in Transfusion Medicine Tests ElenaNedelcu, inAccurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory, 2013 Clinical Summary and Initial Blood Bank Testing A 72-year-old female with known chroniclymphocytic lymphomaand an indolent course of disease not requiring chemotherapy is...
therapy during pregnancy;4 were habitual drug abusers (heroin and marijuanna) even during pregnancy; three mothers had chronic hypertension, one of these was preeclamptic; and one mother had chronic renal insufficiency requiring hemodialysis 3 times per week and frequent blood transfusions. Almost...
Beta-Thalassemia Intermedia: Characterized by two defective genes; some beta-globin production is still observed in these individuals. However, some individuals may have significant health problems requiring intermittent transfusions. ▪ Beta-Thalassemia Major (Cooley’s Anemia): Characterized by two defe...
Blood transfusion in late anemia of prematurity: effect on oxygen consumption, heart rate, and weight gain in otherwise healthy infants. Background: In premature infants there is no universally accepted definition of anemia requiring transfusion. We designed the present investigation to stud... T B...
T. et al. Weight-based determination of fluid overload status and mortality in pediatric intensive care unit patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy. Intensive Care Med. 37, 1166–1173 (2011). Article CAS Google Scholar Selewski, D. T. et al. The impact of fluid balance on...
The 73-year-old patient in whom this variant was first described had suffered for some years from diabetes type II, including diabetic nephropathy requiring dialysis. Possibly, false low HbA1c values negatively impacted on the treatment of diabetes mellitus in this case [89]. The same mutation ...
which are insoluble and form tetramers. These abnormal hemoglobin tetramers can be demonstrated by the presence of red cell inclusions on cresyl blue stain and by hemoglobin electrophoresis. They are rapid moving and faster than hemoglobin A requiring special attention during electrophoresis testing. Ba...
born with symptomatic features of beta-thalassemia every year. Cooley's anemia, also known as beta-thalassemia major, the most severe form of this disease, is characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis (IE) and extra medullary hematopoiesis (EMH) requiring regular blood transfusions to sustain life...
When β-thalassemia is combined with Hb E, such as in Hb E/β0-thalassemia, patients may have significant anemia requiring transfusion, similarly to patients with β-thalassemia intermedia. Hemoglobin O-Arab (Hb O-Arab; also known as Hb Egypt) is a rare abnormal hemoglobin variant in which,...