Tag: Blood Disorders
Donor Sex, Parity Do Not Up Mortality for Red Blood Cell Recipients
After adjustment for donor hemoglobin levels, no increased risk seen for requiring additional transfusion after transfusion from female donor
AAD: Skin Videomicroscopy Biomarker May Help Predict Cancer Relapse
Assessment of leukocytes adherent to and rolling along vessel wall may help predict outcomes after HCT for hematologic cancer
Hyponatremia Hospitalizations Up With Rising Ambient Temps
Future 1- or 2-degree Celsius increase in mean temperature expected to increase incidence of hyponatremia by 6.3 and 13.9 percent, respectively
Gene Therapy Potentially Curative for β-Thalassemia
Transfusion independence, near-normal Hb levels seen for most children and adults receiving beti-cel for non-β0/β0 genotype β-thalassemia
Red Cross Says Blood Shortage Is Worst in a Decade
Organization has had to limit blood product distributions to hospitals
Septic Shock Linked to Mortality in Hematologic Malignancies
Mortality rate increases with increasing sequential organ failure assessment score on admission, respiratory failure, maximum lactate level
Amid U.S. Blood Shortage, New Pressure to Ease Donor Rules for Gay Men
Easing the rules would result in a 2 to 4 percent increase -- 345,400 to 615,300 more pints of blood -- in the nation's annual blood supply
Red Cross Says U.S. Blood Supply at Dangerously Low Level
People who have received COVID-19 vaccines can donate blood and platelets as long as they are symptom-free
Higher Serum Iron May Up Liver Cancer Risk in NAFLD Patients
Increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma also seen with higher transferrin saturation levels in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease