Tag: Blood Disorders
Mortality Up for Male Recipients of Blood From Ever-Pregnant
Receipt of red blood cell transfusion from ever-pregnant donor tied to increased risk for males
Hereditary Hemochromatosis Patients Can Safely Donate Blood
No data to suggest that nonvoluntary nature of donations compromises safety of blood products
Diabetes Insipidus Can Occur After Stopping Vasopressin
Incidence may be underestimated due to a paucity of published reports, authors say
EHR Data May Beat Claims Data in Assessing Sepsis Incidence
Based on clinical data, no change seen in incidence of sepsis, combined outcome of death or discharge
Good Survival for HSCT-Treated Thalassemia Patients
Survival similar among those receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplant, conventional therapy
PERSEVERE-XP Improves Mortality Risk Stratification in Sepsis
Addition of network of 18 mortality risk assessment genes related to TP53 improves PERSEVERE
Moderate, Severe OSA Linked to Elevated Blood Coagulability
Increases in prothrombin time in seconds and as international normalized ratio for OSA vs controls
Emergency Departments See Few Cases of Sepsis in Adolescents
Every 100 years, each of 12 emergency departments would treat 2.8 fatal sepsis cases
Higher Risk of CVD Persists After Hospital Stay for Severe Infection
Risk persists for at least five years after sepsis, pneumonia with hospitalization
Outbreak of Septic Arthritis Described in New Jersey
Forty-one cases of septic arthritis linked to intra-articular injections administered at same practice
