Ukoha OB, Chukwurah SN, Ukoha O, Anyanechi CC, Ekwunife CU, Udigwe CF, Nwadimkpa CH, Izunwa OE, Eze HT, Okonkwo UC & Ihekwaba AE·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with its attendant complications is a disease of major public health importance being the 10th leading cause of death globally. Transfusion transmitted HBV continues to be a major problem despite the routine screening of donor blood p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i121148
Aim: Disinfection products and protocols have been devised to provide safe blood and blood derivatives for transfusion; however, sepsis is still the leading cause of transfusion reaction fatalities. This raises the question whether disinfection on its own is sufficient for preven...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2024/v34i121521
Aim: The knowledge of blood group distribution is essential for inventory management and disease trends related to different blood groups. Besides being important in blood transfusion, ABO and Rh blood group system play an important role in forensic pathology, disease susceptibil...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i10887
Ewodo Symphorien, Olemba Clemence, Ongbayokolak Nadine Sylvie, Apou Jeanne Aurore, Zedong Yann Pierrick & Adiogo Dieudonne·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Blood transfusion is a substitute therapy which consists to administered blood or one of its components to one or more sick person. hematological components retain their stability if the cold chain is maintained between 2 and 6°C. essential for good transfusion performance. The a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i830478
Background: Blood transfusion is a veritable intervention in many clinical situations. However, the provision of safe, readily available, affordable and adequate supply of blood and blood products is still a major public health challenge in developing countries like ours. Healthc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i130431
Introduction: Transfusion of blood is a life-saving intervention in the care of ill neonates. Donated blood is a scarce national resource and must be used in the most efficient way. Exchange blood transfusion using the blood bag is the commonest mode of blood delivery employed. O...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130405
The informed consent to blood transfusion is a patient centered care where the health care provider is ethically obliged and legally compelled to disclose the details, alternatives and consequences of a procedure such as blood donation or transfusion and obtain from the patient a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i730346
Blood transfusion plays important role in medical and surgical practice and has been employed in varying medical and surgical procedures. An increasing amount of literature concerning blood conservation, restrictive transfusion strategies, pharmacological manipulation of the haem...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v16i330143
Background: Transfusion from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficient and Sickle cell traits (HbAS) blood constitute a major health burden and social challenge, especially to jaundiced neonate and sickle cell disease patient. Currently, routine screening of these two...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30243