Blood Transfusion WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Blood Transfusion and compiled helpful research notes below.
- HealthWise (via WebMD): Receiving a Blood Transfusion webmd.com - Receiving a Blood Transfusion
- JAMA: Blood Transfusion - Patient Page
jama.ama-assn.org - Blood Transfusion - Patient Page
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: What to Expect Before a Blood Transfusion | What to Expect During a Blood Transfusion | What to Expect After a Blood Transfusion
nhlbi.nih.gov - What to Expect After a Blood Transfusion
- ClevelandClinic: What You Need to Know About Blood Transfusions clevelandclinic.org - What You Need to Know About Blood Transfusions
- American Red Cross: About Blood givelife2.org - About Blood
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Research Notes on Blood Transfusion
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. Blood transfusions can be life-saving in some situations, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, or can be used to replace blood lost during surgery. Blood transfusions may also be used to treat a severe anemia or thrombocytopenia caused by a blood disease. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- People suffering from hemophilia or sickle-cell disease may require frequent blood transfusions.
- Care is taken in cross-matching to ensure that the recipient's immune system will not attack the donor blood.
- A number of infectious diseases (such as HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and hepatitis C) can be passed from the donor to recipient.
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Latest Headlines on Blood Transfusion
What is a Blood Transfusion?
- HealthWise (via WebMD): What is a Blood Transfusion
- Wikipedia: Blood Transfusion
- MedTerms (via eMedicineHealth): Blood Transfusion
- National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute: What is a blood transfusion?
- TeensHealth: Blood Transfusions
- American Cancer Society: Blood Component Transfusion - What it Involves
What Are The Uses for Blood Transfusion?
- HealthWise (via WebMD): Uses of Blood Transfusion
- National Heart Blood and Lung Institute: Who Needs a Blood Transfusion?
- American Cancer Society: Why Cancer Patients Might Need Blood Product Transfusions
- Wrong Diagnosis: List of Diseases with Blood transfusion as a Treatment
What Are The Pracautions, Risks and Side Effects for Blood Transfusion?
- HealthWise (via WebMD): Risks of Blood Transfusion
- Wikipedia: Precautions | Complications and Risks
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: Risks
- Aenta InteliHealth: Blood Transfusion: Safer Than Ever
- American Cancer Society: Possible Risks of Blood Product Transfusions
- WrongDiagnosis: Symptoms of Tranfusion Reaction
What are the Alternatives to Blood Transfusion?
- No Blood: The Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Network
- HealthWise (via WebMD): Artificial Blood
- American Cancer Society: Alternatives to Blood Transfusion
Clinical Trials for Blood Transfusion
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Transfusion trials
- CenterWatch: Blood Transfusion trials
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Blood Transfusion
- HealthBoards: Blood Disorders Board
- DailyStrength: Blood Transfusion Discussions
- eHow: How to Celebrate National Blood Donor Month
- Swindon Advertiser: Blood Transfusion Saved my Daughter's Life
- TwentyEight30: Miracle Baby
- Jesus Christology: Jehovah's Witness Dies After Refusing Blood Transfusion During Childbirth (Nov 6, 2007)
- prisonlawinsideout: Crank Dies After Refusing Blood Transfusion
- timeimortal: Young Boy Saved From Blood Tranfusion From Unborn Baby
- Cahtolic Answers Forum: Teen Jehovah's Witness Leukemia Patient Dies After Refusing Blood Transfusion
Foundations for Blood Transfusion
- America's Blood Centers: Official Site
- American Association of Blood Banks: Official Site
- American Red Cross: Official Site
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Blood Transfusion
- JAMA: Blood Transfusion Articles
- PubMed: Blood Transfusion Articles
- GoogleScholar: Blood Transfusion Articles
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- Redirects: Blood Transfusions, Transfusion
- Last update: Jun. 12, 2008
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