Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has updated its clinical practice guidelines on patient blood management for those undergoing cardiac surgery. The new recommendations, which were produced in ...

Working to save the lives of military personnel suffering massive blood loss in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, United States military trauma surgeons developed a blood transfusion protocol that is ...

In light of these concepts, current massive transfusion protocols incorporate hemostasis-directed resuscitation, or the pre-emptive administration of blood coagulation products along with packed red ...

Significant bleeding due to traumatic injury is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring within six hours. Emerging evidence suggests that the ...

Recently published single‑center cohort study explored whether a structured blood conservation protocol could safely reduce transfusion requirements and improve recovery in adults undergoing ...

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And that’s especially true when trauma and severe blood loss are involved. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 45 and younger, and among trauma patients, uncontrolled bleeding is the ...

Blood transfusion therapy remains an indispensable intervention in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD), mitigating life‐threatening complications such as vaso‐occlusive crises and stroke. The ...

The UAB Hospital’s Transfusion Services, or Blood Bank, is the largest of the clinical laboratories with 40+ employees working under Lakecia Watkins, laboratory supervisor. They staff the main ...