Sentences with phrase «giving blood transfusions»

It all started back in World War 2, when according to one old tale, doctors giving blood transfusions to wounded soldiers realised they'd run out of saline solution to replenish their blood electrolytes.

Her doctors tried to prevent another stroke by giving her blood transfusions every three weeks to dilute her sickle cells with normal red blood cells.

After the placenta was removed and the mom was given a blood transfusion, she was better.

The dogs came back to life after they were given a blood transfusion and reheated, although a few of them experienced minor brain damage.

Treatment to address other consequences of heat stroke may include giving a blood transfusion or gut protectants and providing supportive care.

Just a month after taking the medication, Sykes collapsed and had to be admitted to an ICU, where he was given blood transfusion and told to get off Pradaxa ASAP.

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In 1991 Pope John Paul II stated that: «With the advent of organ transplantation, which began with blood transfusions, man has found his way to give of himself, of his blood and of his body, so that others may continue to live.

He had spent a lot of time in the hospital with internal bleeding (the common plight of hemophiliacs, whose blood is missing a key ingredient to cause clotting) He was given more than 50 transfusions.

Are you saying I should apologize for being alive cuz a blood transfusion gave my father life?

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/05/health/young-blood-mice-aging/index.html Scientists have recently found that giving old mice transfusions of young mice blood can reverse the aging process, human trials coming soon.

I think I would be given non-judgmental counseling and an advice pack, telling me how I could adapt my exciting lifestyle to suit the Blood Transfusion Service.

Releasing a person from the last agonizing days of suffering doesn't seem to be as much interference as installing a new heart or giving a total blood transfusion.

The New Zealand Herald: Church won't «shun family» despite blood transfusion Jehovah's Witnesses say a 2 - year - old girl will still be «a very beloved member of the family» even if doctors give her a life - saving blood transfusion which her parents believe is banned by the Bible.

If you want to give your baby a steady supply of your mature immune system's antibodies, the way to do that is to give them regular blood transfusions.

If your child's chance of having a stroke is high or he has severe sickle cell symptoms, he may be given frequent blood transfusions.

If you did, the American Red Cross recommends waiting a full year after transfusions before giving blood again.

Adverse maternal morbidity: defined as at least one of: general anaesthetic; instrumental birth; caesarean section; third or fourth degree perineal trauma; blood transfusion; admission to an intensive treatment unit, high dependency unit, or specialist unit; or maternal death (within 42 days after giving birth)

For low - risk women having their first baby at home, the study calculated their risk of being admitted to intensive care or needing a large blood transfusion to be small - and similar to women giving birth in hospital.

So, there are different stages of Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome depending on what they see remember again, if one baby's giving more blood to the other, that baby get smaller.

If Rh hemolytic disease is severe and labour can not be induced yet, it is possible to give the baby blood transfusions while he is still in the womb.

while unconscious and awaiting multiple blood transfusions, instead of letting the hospital staff give her baby formula.

The nationally representative survey of more than 4,700 U.S. adults centered on public views about: gene editing that might give babies a lifetime with much reduced risk of serious disease, implantation of brain chips that potentially could give people a much improved ability to concentrate and process information, and transfusions of synthetic blood that might give people much greater speed, strength and stamina.

Safer blood transfusion would be good news for recipients, but could testing put off potential donors, given that there is no cure for vCJD?

One mode of aging transmission is to give genetically identical mice transfusions of young or old blood.

The reason for the difference, according to the newspaper Le Monde, is that the French transfusion service continued to collect blood from jails long after other countries had given up the practice.

Now the first results from giving young blood to people have been announced (see main story), stoking excitement that such transfusions might be an antidote to ageing.

Brown's HIV disappeared after he developed leukemia and doctors gave him repeated blood transfusions from a donor who harbored a mutated version of a receptor the virus uses to enter cells.

«If platelets could last twice as long, I might give one blood transfusion to some patients each day instead of three,» she says.

Massive blood transfusions — defined as transfusing at least 10 units of red blood cells within 24 hours — are given to patients experiencing severe blood loss, often in response to traumatic injuries but also in the context of procedures like cardiovascular surgery or liver transplantation and even in some non-surgical patients.

Our experienced clinical staff gives intravenous injections prior to the transfusion to avoid transfusion reactions, performs safety identification checks of the blood product and monitors the patient throughout the procedure.

During a blood transfusion, donated blood or blood products are given to the patient intravenously.

Typically, starting with a few immune cells derived from the patient's blood, billions of cancer fighting immune cells are manufactured in a special facility, and given back to the patient, almost like a blood transfusion.

Children with Diamond - Blackfan anemia require lifelong follow - up care to manage symptoms, give therapies such as steroids and blood transfusions, or monitor a child's health following a stem cell transplant.

I was given 3 more blood transfusions, had complications with my heart, and my whole body swelled up from the antibiotics and fluids I had to be on.

In severe cases where a puppy has become anemic due to extreme blood loss, a veterinarian may need to give the pup a blood transfusion.

We will also give the dog medication such as an antiemetic, which helps prevent vomitting, antibiotics and possibly a blood plasma transfusion with severe cases.

Blood transfusions, antibiotics to control infections and medicines to control pain may also be given to treat rattlesnake bite.

Antibiotics may be used to fight secondary bacterial infections, and in very severe cases blood or plasma transfusions may be given.

This may occur if a positive male is repeatedly bred to a negative female or the female was given an unmatched blood transfusion.

Dogs and cats are most commnly given transfusions of packed red blood cells (PRBCs).

Treatment for anitcoagulant poisoning involves administering Vitamin K, which reverses the poison's effects, and possibly giving the pet a blood or plasma transfusion.

Treatment for Parvo is mainly supportive care, which includes fluids given either intravenously or subcutaneously (under the skin) to replace the loss of fluids from vomiting and diarrhea, an anti-emetic to stop the vomiting, antibiotics to help fight infection, and a blood or plasma transfusion to help with protein loss and anemia.

If there are signs of liver failure, the veterinarian may give your pet an IV of fluids and blood or plasma transfusion.

Since his arrival, Gabe has received a blood transfusion, which gave him a good boost, and has eaten enough to raise his weight to 15.4 pounds.

Dr. Fratamico has also given a CE seminar on Blood products and transfusion medicine to the Pieper - Olson / Pieper Memorial staff.

Whole blood transfusions are generally given to more severe cases involving life - threatening anemia.

Jonnie England, the executive director of Operation Kindness, said, «Fortunately, Prince had a lot of good, healthy blood to give and the transfusion worked.

Cats that do not respond well to drug therapy may require dietary supplements containing high calorie levels, transfusions of blood (a process in which blood is given through an intravenous line to restore blood that has been lost) and intravenous fluid therapy (fluid given to the cat through the veins to restore hydration).

Crossmatching, which is used to detect antibodies in a dog receiving the transfusion with the antibodies in a dog giving the blood may seem less important.

Before giving a transfusion, blood samples will be taken for diagnostic testing.