RBC transfusion was independently associated with a 1.2-fold increased risk of death at 30 days for each unit transfused. These findings suggest that the primary strategy in patients undergoing cardiac surgery should be to avoid giving RBC transfusion solely to correct low hemoglobin levels. The ...
Priming of memory cells could also be demonstrated to occur in the absence of any detectable I° proliferation by utilizing platelets or heat treated stimulators. Memory cells were also a much more resistant than naive cells to both alloantigen induced suppressor cells and to culture activated ...
Replacement Blood Donors:Blood donors who donate their Blood as a replacement for their own Blood, or that of a friend or relative are called replacement donors. Blood "scares" in recent years have caused this to grow. The donor is selected by the recipient; they then go to the Blood dono...