Tag: Blood Disorders

Assessment of leukocytes adherent to and rolling along vessel wall may help predict outcomes after HCT for hematologic cancer

Future 1- or 2-degree Celsius increase in mean temperature expected to increase incidence of hyponatremia by 6.3 and 13.9 percent, respectively

Transfusion independence, near-normal Hb levels seen for most children and adults receiving beti-cel for non-β⁰/β⁰ genotype β-thalassemia

Organization has had to limit blood product distributions to hospitals

Mortality rate increases with increasing sequential organ failure assessment score on admission, respiratory failure, maximum lactate level

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

People who have received COVID-19 vaccines can donate blood and platelets as long as they are symptom-free

The 63rd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition

Increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma also seen with higher transferrin saturation levels in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Absolute risk reduction of 6 percent seen for transfusions in hospitalized adults after implementation of PBM at large academic medical center