Among 200 eligible patients with a life expectancy of 6 months or less, access to palliative blood transfusions was of greatest importance when considering enrollment in hospice care, reported Oreofe ...

American College of Chest Physicians’ evidence review showed no increase in death or complications with restrictive red blood cell thresholds.

Understand the care and management needs of patients with transfusion dependent beta thalassaemia, a severe type of inherited blood disorder that nurses may encounter in their practice. Abstract As ...

Transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) patients in France face significant health care demands and clinical challenges, with frequent complications and high mortality rates. Patients with TDT ...

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Background: In emergency situations O negative blood (O-) transfusion may be required before standard compatibility tests can be completed. An increase in the use of emergency O-in our paediatric ...