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November 01, 2021
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Blood donor characteristics linked to outcomes of very low-birth-weight infants

Blood donor characteristics linked to outcomes of very low-birth-weight infants

Very low-birth-weight infants who received blood transfusions from female donors had a lower risk for mortality and/or serious morbidity than those who received transfusions from male donors, study results showed.

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June 17, 2021
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Blood transfusion does not improve digestive bleeding by esophageal varices

Blood transfusion does not improve digestive bleeding by esophageal varices

Blood transfusion did not significantly improve the prognosis of patients with digestive bleeding by esophageal varices, according to a study in Open Access Journal of Gastroenterology.

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February 17, 2021
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Celebrating Black Pioneers of Medicine

Celebrating Black Pioneers of Medicine

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History instituted an annual celebration and recognition of Black history in 1926.

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January 26, 2021
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Increased operative time is associated with complications, transfusion after revision TKA

According to published results, every 15-minute increase in operative time is associated with a higher likelihood of wound complications, blood transfusion and prolonged length of hospital stay after revision total knee arthroplasty.

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September 01, 2020
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REALITY trial supports restrictive blood transfusion strategy in patients with MI, anemia

REALITY trial supports restrictive blood transfusion strategy in patients with MI, anemia

In patients with anemia who present with MI, a restrictive blood transfusion strategy was noninferior to liberal transfusion for preventing major adverse CV events at 30 days, according to results of the REALITY trial.

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July 09, 2020
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Unsafe injection practices contribute to HIV outbreak among children in Pakistan

Unsafe injection practices contribute to HIV outbreak among children in Pakistan

An HIV outbreak among children in Sindh, Pakistan, was associated with multiple recent injections or infusions, blood transfusion and a higher number of visits to health care facilities, according to results of a case-control study.

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March 25, 2020
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Quality improvement initiative reduced transfusions during total joint replacement

Quality improvement initiative reduced transfusions during total joint replacement

Use of a quality improvement initiative effectively decreased blood transfusions and kept transfusions within the American Association of Blood Banks guidelines in patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty, according to results.

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February 18, 2020
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IV TXA significantly reduced transfusion rate in revision TKA cases

IV TXA significantly reduced transfusion rate in revision TKA cases

Use of intravenous tranexamic acid in revision total knee arthroplasty significantly reduced transfusion rates by almost twofold, according to study results.

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January 08, 2020
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Luspatercept reduces transfusion burden for certain patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome

Luspatercept reduced the severity of anemia compared with placebo among certain patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, according to results of a randomized phase 3 trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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December 31, 2019
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Low incidence of unplanned admission found after hip arthroscopy

Patients had a low incidence of 30-day unplanned admission after hip arthroscopy, with chronic corticosteroid use, perioperative transfusions and greater BMI identified as independent risk factors, according to published results.

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