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    Intraoperative hemodilutional autotransfusion using a closed circuit for patients of Jehovah's witness

    It’s about a scientific article published in 2000. Auteur(s) / Author(s) HIRAKI T. (1) ; HAMADA N. (1) ; KANO T. (1) ; ISAMOTO Y. (2) Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s) (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, JAPON (2) Clinical Engineering Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, [...]

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    Potential Risk Identified In Transfusions Of Platelets Before Bone Marrow Transplant

    Research on blood transfusions points to a potential risk of transfusing donated platelets, especially to patients with bone marrow failure syndromes who are subsequently candidates for bone marrow transplantation. The results are scheduled for publication in the September 1 issue of theJournal of Clinical Investigation. Doctors have noticed a pattern in performing bone marrow transplants [...]

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    Less Is More In Blood Transfusion Study

    The study suggests that blood transfusions for hospitalized cardiac patients should be a last resort because they double the risk of infection and increase by four times the risk of death. Blood transfusion is an area that could be well served with stronger, research-based guidelines, since the current clinical practice is all over the map, [...]

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    Blood Transfusions Harmful When Guidelines Ignored

    By Kat Piper Epoch Times U.K. Staff    May 12, 2008 Transfusions should be given sparingly Mounting evidence that routinely giving blood transfusions to patients could actually increase their risk of death or other complications has prompted calls for medical staff to be more cautious about who they administer transfusions to. Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions [...]

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