Oct 30, 2014 paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria pnh is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder that manifests with hemolytic anemia, bone marrow failure, and thrombosis. Assets the oldest journal entirely focused on immumohaematology and transfusion. If your body is missing one or more of the components that make up healthy blood, a transfusion can help. Transfusion is the foremost publication in the world for new information regarding transfusion medicine. An adverse transfusion reaction atr is an unfavorable reaction to the. However, like all treatments, it may result in acute or delayed complications and carries the risk of transfusion transmissible infections, including hiv, hepatitis viruses, syphilis, malaria and chagas disease. So, this study was conducted with an aim to assess the blood transfusion.
Transfusion related risks and management of reactions. This is to alert you to the possibility that patients who receive blood products, particularly plasmacontaining products, may be at risk for transfusion related acute lung injury trali, a. Global journal of transfusion medicine free full text. In addition to blood banking and transfusion medicine topics. Table of contents journal of blood transfusion hindawi. Since some antigens can trigger a patients immune system to attack the transfused blood, safe blood transfusions depend on careful blood typing and crossmatching. Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction ahtr is a potentially fatal transfusion reaction and can be either due to immune or nonimmune mechanisms. Publications international society of blood transfusion. Alert service please note that the email addresses of author and coauthors will be included in the blood transfusion. The acute blood transfusion reactions are responsible for causing most serious adverse events. The most serious risk is a hemolytic transfusion reaction. Awareness about various clinical features of acute and delayed transfusion reactions with an ability to assess the serious reactions on time can lead to a better prognosis. A great number were short lived and did not acquire popularity. On 15 november, we changed from the australian red cross blood.
In addition to red blood cells, other components products in blood are available for transfusion when needed. How i safely transfuse patients with sicklecell disease. International journal of blood transfusion and immunohematology. Blood transfusion publishes the corresponding authors email and full postal address in the journal. Oct 29, 2015 blood transfusion is a treatment modality which has definite potential benefits and risks which vary among patients. Cbo mandating organisations netherlands general practitioners association nhg. Each year research scientists have noticed a rise in the number of congresses being held in this field. Aabb publications are written by our volunteer committee members as a direct charge from the aabb board of directors. Physicians signature date time blood transfusion order form forms transfu original 999 revised 1199, 1001, 102, 406 white copy. Blood transfusion error prevention nurses role journal of. This weeks episode will highlight the development of a factor viii replacement therapy for patients with severe hemophilia a, examine a novel pathway of resistance of. A blood transfusion is the transfer of blood or blood products from one person donor into another persons bloodstream recipient. The process for manuscript submission to the global journal of transfusion.
Risks australia has one of the safest blood supplies in the world, however, as with all. A study of blood transfusion in sickle cell anaemia. This study therefore sought to identify how well patients understand the role of blood transfusion in their treatment and whether it causes them discomfort. Some infectious agents, such as hiv, can survive in blood and infect the person receiving the blood transfusion. These other blood components include platelets, freshly frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, and specific clotting factors.
Updated list of high journal impact factor blood transfusion. Oct 12, 2016 a blood transfusion is a lifesaving, routine procedure used for blood loss from severe injuries or infections, kidney disease, and complications during surgery. Recent initiatives in the uk and elsewhere to reduce transfusion errors have focussed on implementing recommended manual procedures for good practice, but have only been partially effective. We will be providing unlimited waivers of publication charges for accepted articles related to covid19. In nepal, there is no standard protocol on blood transfusion. The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts. A prestigious international editorial board actively contributes to the educational and scientific. Selected articles from this journal and other medical research on novel coronavirus 2019ncov and related viruses are now available for free on sciencedirect start exploring directly or visit the elsevier novel coronavirus information center.
Sometimes it is possible to have a transfusion of your own blood. Todays nursing school curricula rarely include nursings history, but its a history worth knowing. To keep blood safe, blood banks carefully screen donated blood. Hemolytic transfusion reactions blood transfusion is very safe.
Assets the oldest journal entirely focused on immumohaematology and transfusion medicine. Indian journal of hematology and blood transfusion is a medium for propagating and exchanging ideas within the medical community. Dharmesh chandra sharma, sunita rai, sudha iyengar, bharat jain, satya sao, ajay gaur, rahul sapra efficacy of whole blood reconstituted wbr in exchange transfusion et in hemolytic. A bar code patient identification system involving a handheld computer for sample collection and for compatibility testing has been successfully evaluated recently turner et.
Apr 18, 2020 transfusion is the foremost publication in the world for new information regarding transfusion medicine. The journal is archived in portico and via the lockss initiative, which provides permanent archiving for electronic scholarly journals. Online prepublication allows accepted articles to be visible and indexed about 6 months earlier than the print publication date. Status report of the blood transfusion services in myanmar 2009 oman. Nonetheless, few studies on the therapy have examined the patients perspective.
Blood transfusion and blood conservation techniques or strategies to avoid the need for blood are complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena of transfusion medicine. Transfusion offers continuing medical education cme credits for reading select articles in the journal and successfully completing a test on the content. An adverse transfusion reaction atr is an unfavorable reaction to the transfused unit, the severity of which may be different among individuals depending upon the type of reaction and the patients susceptibility. Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e. The journal exists to encourage scientific investigation in the study of blood. Blood products and transfusion practice for health.
Given the known and hypothetical risks of transfusion, as well as the cost, liability and workload involved with this therapy, there are many reasons to move the basis of transfusion practice in a particular. This occurs when the blood given to a person is incompatible does not match with their own blood type a type of transfusion reaction is called transfusion related acute lung injury, caused by antibodies to the white blood cells in donated blood plasma fever and chills may occur while a person is receiving donated blood. Immune mediated acute hemolytic transfusion reactions are typically due to infusion of red blood. Our online learning helps you improve your transfusion knowledge and practice. Books developed under the aabb press program focus on a wide range of timely reference and researchoriented topics in blood banking and transfusion medicine. Ethical dilemmas and blood transfusions suesspiciousminds. Transfusions can be lifesaving for patients with sicklecell disease scd, but patients may develop antibodies against transfused red blood cells rbcs resulting in a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction dhtr.
A blood transfusion is a way of adding blood to your body after an illness or injury. Blood types explained a, b, ab and o american red cross. The compact tome, which fits conveniently in a lab coat pocket, is packed with comprehensive discussions of blood. The risk of catching a virus from a blood transfusion is low. It brings together research and clinical practice from wellknown experts in the field of blood.
Each issue addresses topics such as clinical transfusion, immunology, genetics, cellular therapy. In the course of the development of the technic of indirect transfusion, a variety of methods have been developed in the last few years. Blood types are determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens substances that can trigger an immune response if they are foreign to the body. More than 25th 46% of both sexes had received blood transfusion. The threshold for transfusion of red blood cells should be a hemoglobin level of 7 g per dl 70 g per l in adults and most children. All previously published articles are available through the table of contents. Information accompanying the english translation since we made significant use of foreign guidelines usually in english in the creation of this.
The lindeman syringe method was lately considerably. As soon as a paper is accepted, edited and corrected, it is posted online in its definitive version. Orientation of standard practices is vital in addressing these issues to improve the quality of blood transfusion. Awareness about various clinical features of acute and delayed transfusion reactions with an ability to.
Original research in topic areas of broad interest to the field of transfusion medicine, hemostasis, or cellular therapies. In the united states, more than 40 000 units of blood are transfused every day. Blood transfusion is a compendium of papers that deals on development made in blood transfusion and serology. Dhtrs are classically caused by an anamnestic reaction where alloantibodies undetectable at the time of transfusion. A massive blood transfusion is defined as the replacement of a patients total blood volume in transfusion of red blood. We are committed to sharing findings related to covid19 as quickly and safely as possible. Adverse effects of transfusion radhika dasararaju, md, and marisa b. The journal s full text will be available online soon. Blood transfusion error prevention nurses role journal. The clinical use of blood world health organization.
Prescribe the right blood products and components for your patients condition. A study on blood and blood components transfusion, adverse reaction at a tertiary care teaching hospital, bangalore vidya shree m1, vithya t2, shankar prasad3 and shobha rani rh 4 1master of pharmacy student, department of pharmacy practice, alameen college of pharmacy, bangalore, karnataka, india 2faculty, department of pharmacy practice, al ameen college of pharmacy, bangalore, karnataka. Blood transfusion practice among healthcare personnel in. Vox sanguinis vox sanguinis is the high impact journal of the isbt. This is usually done as a lifesaving maneuver to replace blood cells or blood products lost through severe bleeding, during surgery when blood loss occurs or to increase the blood. Apr 14, 2014 ethical dilemmas and blood transfusions posted on april 14, 2014 by suesspiciousminds this is part one of a court of protection decision about a very difficult case, throwing up ethical dilemmas.
Journal of blood transfusion has ceased publication and is no longer accepting submissions. National users board sanquin blood supply organisation. The archive for this journal includes volumes 20112018. Supply of blood for transfusion in latin american and caribbean countries, 2014 and 2015 2017 myanmar. The type of blood transfusion depends on the situation. Blood transfusion r eactionadv erse transfusion reactions could be fat alsev ere or mild, immediate or dela yed, immuno logical or nonimmunological, an d infectious. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Background errors occur at all stages of the hospital transfusion process and the resulting morbidity and mortality are well documented. Written by and for members of aabb and other healthcare workers, transfusion reports on the latest technical advances, discusses opposing viewpoints regarding controversial issues, and presents key conference proceedings. Modern methods of blood transfusion jama jama network.
Patients with malignancy comprise a unique group for whom transfusions play an important role. Indian journal of hematology and blood transfusion home. Relationship between age of patients at diagnosis and prevalence of blood transfusion. The complications associated with errors in transfusion practice can be minimized by assessing transfusion practices. Objective blood transfusion is a standard treatment for anemia in both inpatients and outpatients. Blood transfusion is a treatment modality which has definite potential benefits and risks which vary among patients. A lack of awareness of good transfusion practice has been identified as a reason for poor compliance parris, 2007. Recommendations for the transfusion of plasma and platelets 2009 latin america and the caribbean. Handbook of transfusion medicine optimal blood use. The journal seeks the following types of manuscripts. International journal of clinical transfusion medicine dove. Blood transfusion reactions, side effects, risks, and complications include allergic reactions, infections, and lung injuries. Because the need for transfusions may span a long period of time, these patients may be at risk for more adverse events due to transfusion than other patient. Discharge 30 minutes post transfusion with appropriate instructions.
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