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Continuous Manual Exchange Transfusion for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: An Efficient Method to Avoid Iron Overload
Published on: March 14, 2017
[Blood transfusion safety: current progress]
E Boyez1, P Malherbe, C Tiry-Lescut
1Urgences-SMUR, Centre hospitalier Sambre-Avesnois, Maubeuge. e_boyez@ch-sa.com
Abstract:
For the past ten years, a real improvement in knowledge and methods concerning blood transfusion safety has been made. In this observation, concerning a polytraumatism patient who received massive blood transfusion with no immunologic nor infectious complications occurring one year later, brings evidence of real progress on blood transfusion safety for improvement in short and long term prognosis for polytransfused patients.
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