SAN FRANCISCO — Blood management programs that reduced or avoided transfusions saved a health system millions of dollars annually, with a return on investment of more than $7 for every dollar spent, while achieving the same or better outcomes, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 annual meeting. Over the past 10 years, the Johns […]
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SAN FRANCISCO — Surgeons should be extremely judicious in ordering fresh frozen plasma (FFP) as part of perioperative blood transfusions, suggested a nationwide analysis reported here. Post-operative rates of both venous thromboembolism (VTE) and mortality were significantly higher in patients receiving FFP along with red blood cells, relative to those transfused only with red cells, […]
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One plea after another for blood donors has been met with some response, but not nearly enough to meet the demand in our hospitals. According to the American Red Cross, “Donors have been stepping up to help rebuild the blood supply since the American Red Cross first announced our national blood shortage last month. Unfortunately, […]
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(Photo Illustration/MetroCreative) PARKERSBURG — Thousands of donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to help rebuild the American Red Cross blood supply after a national blood shortage was announced last month. But demand continues to outpace supplies, the Red Cross said. “Donors have been stepping up to help rebuild the blood supply since […]
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PARKERSBURG — Thousands of donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to help rebuild the American Red Cross blood supply after a national blood shortage was announced last month. But demand continues to outpace supplies, the Red Cross said. “Donors have been stepping up to help rebuild the blood supply since the American […]
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One plea after another for blood donors has been met with some response, but not nearly enough to meet the demand in our hospitals. According to the American Red Cross, “Donors have been stepping up to help rebuild the blood supply since the American Red Cross first announced our national blood shortage last month. Unfortunately, […]
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KENTUCKY, Oct. 12, 2023 — Since announcing a national blood and platelet shortage a month ago, thousands of donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to help rebuild the American Red Cross blood and platelet supply. As that generosity continues, the Red Cross is working around-the-clock to ensure patients have access to lifesaving […]
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PHILADELPHIA — Current anticoagulant or antiplatelet use is not necessarily a contraindication for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to a stroke patient in the emergency department, a researcher said here at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Traditionally, a patient being on blood thinners has been somewhat of a contraindication for […]
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Russian forces again shelled civilian areas in eastern and southern Ukraine, killing at least one person and wounding more than 20, regional officials reported on October 14, as fighting continued with renewed intensity around the Donetsk towns of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka, where Moscow has been pressing an offensive in recent days. Live Briefing: Russia’s Invasion […]