WHAT HAPPENS DURING A BLOOD TRANSFUSION? A blood transfusion involves transferring donated blood or blood components into a patient’s bloodstream through an intravenous (IV) line.Key points to ...

Thirty-day mortality of injured patients with hemorrhagic shock did not differ based on use of whole blood vs. blood ...

Blood transfusions are sometimes part of a leukemia treatment plan. They do not treat cancer, but they can help reduce some cancer symptoms. They’re used to treat low blood counts and help prevent ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis found no clear advantage for automated red cell exchange. For patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), exchange transfusion has benefits over simple transfusion ...

When Caroline Wangamati was touring a rural Kenyan hospital in 2018, the doctors shared that two young mothers would likely be dead within hours. Their hemoglobin levels were catastrophically low — a ...

In our Medical Myths series, we approach medical misinformation head on. Using expert insight and peer reviewed research to wrestle fact from fiction, MNT brings clarity to the myth riddled world of ...

When making decisions about medical procedures, we yearn for complete information about the risks and benefits. Unfortunately, we will never know everything. The question is, when do we know enough to ...

Vials of blood sit on a tray to be tested. From the KBIA Health and Wealth Desk, I’m Rebecca Smith. A recent study published in the journal Transfusion found a growing number of patients and parents ...

In honor of National Blood Donor Month, Rady Children’s Hospital joined forces with the San Diego Blood Bank to increase awareness about the importance of donating blood. Each month, Rady Children’s ...