Article: IJN takes on `no blood transfusion' op challenge

Article: No blood transfusion required
New Straits Times;  January 30, 2007 ;     326 words ... ... not require any blood transfusion. "He did not ... was no need for blood transfusion. All went well ... cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Pau Kiew Kong. The ... safety net" of blood transfusion is always practised ... major surgeries. Dr Pau said the surgical ...

Article: Autologous blood transfusion in total hip ...
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... possibility of avoiding homologous blood transfusion during total hip arthroplasty ... associated with autologous blood transfusion. Methods. A total of 253 patients received autologous blood transfusion during total hip arthroplasty ...

Article: Factors leading to blood transfusion among Chinese ...
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... risk factors leading to blood transfusion among Chinese patients ... factors leading to allogenic blood transfusion were analysed. Results ... factors for postoperative blood transfusion were preoperative haemoglobin ...

Article: Blood transfusion centres to be set up across ...
The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan);  December 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of the National and provincial Blood Transfusion Services worth over couple of billion ... government to set up 15 regional blood transfusion centres all over the country. At ... project would also upgrade 90 excising blood transfusion centres. According to the approved ...

Article: The impact of HIV/AIDS on blood transfusion ...
South African Medical Journal;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Blood transfusion has become an essential component ... have made the practice of blood transfusion therapy hazardous, motivating ... become so accustomed to using blood transfusion that it may be difficult for them ...

Article: Blood Transfusion Is an Independent Predictor of ...
The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Allogeneic blood transfusion is associated with increased ... authors evaluated the affect of blood transfusion, independent of injury severity ... used to model the affect of blood transfusion on mortality. Transfusion requirements ...

Article: Blood Transfusion Is Associated With Infection and ...
The American Surgeon;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... However, recent studies have shown blood transfusion to be a significant risk factor for ... sought to investigate the incidence of blood transfusion and its association with infection ... regression analyses were used to assess blood transfusion and hematocrit (HCT) as independent ...