Sentences with phrase «blood transfusion called»

Phototherapy is usually effective, but if a baby develops a severe case of jaundice, or his bilirubin levels continue to rise despite phototherapy treatment, he may need to be admitted to the intensive care unit for a blood transfusion called an «exchange transfusion.»

In rare cases, a baby with an HDN will need to be treated with a type of blood transfusion called an exchange transfusion.

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At birth, my brother needed 2 blood transfusions for he was born yellowish looking and had what I think they called, yellow jaundice».

A C - section maybe more maybe safer for mom but typically if you have twins and if you're planning a vaginal delivery for instance and the vaginal delivery doesn't go quite right then you can actually have an increased risk of blood lost and so if you have a plan C - section, there can be a decrease in the blood lost or really the decrease in the risk of what we call the postpartum hemorrhage and decrease the need for transfusion.

Rarely, your baby may need treatment called a double volume blood exchange transfusion.

Certain blood manipulation methods, such as administration of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) and homologous blood transfusion, are currently tracked through a longitudinal profile called the athlete biological passport (ABP); however, there is not yet a test available for ABT, which is reinfusion of the athlete's own blood or red cell concentrates.

A new nonprofit called OpenBiome is hoping to do for fecal transplants what blood banks have done for transfusions.

The reason for the change to the 12 - month waiting period (also called a deferral period), according to FDA officials, was that recent research determined that the risk of HIV transmission from blood donations from MSM was comparable to that of donations from people who had accidentally been exposed to another person's blood, or had recently received a blood transfusion themselves.

Since 2000, blood doping tests have been able to detect whenever blood from more than one person is present in a cyclist's sample (called a homologous blood transfusion).

That approach, called PBM, seeks to reduce the need for blood transfusion by «consistently and rigorously» following steps to ensure that patients don't have anemia before surgery; to reduce blood loss during surgery; and to use alternatives to transfusion, when possible.

Treatments include the oxytocin drug called Pitocin, uterine massage to stimulate your uterus, a blood transfusion if there's massive blood loss, and hysterectomy if there's damage to your uterus.

There was a lot of testing and iffy news, and upsetting disappointing bad news - after the first transfusion when the red blood cell counts didn't improve, and then again after the second transfusion, more disappointing news, and then finally, the last hope, fresh blood from a dog - donor - and then the long - awaited phone call with the news that he was out of the woods.

A low red blood cell count, called «anemia», blood in the urine, called «hematuria», or the presence of hemoglobin in the urine, called «hemoglobinuria», may require transfusion of whole blood.