UCHealth and Thompson Valley EMS are taking a step forward in their goal of helping patients in critical situations by providing EMS supervisors with whole blood to conduct blood transfusions before a ...

First responders in northern Colorado will begin using “whole blood” on patients who are experiencing significant blood loss ...

Platelet transfusions play a major role in the management of thrombocytopenia in hematological and oncologic patients. However, a proportion of these patients become refractory to the transfusion ...

Transfusion Alter Transfusion Med. 2008;10(3):92-101. For either buffy-coat-derived or apheresis platelets, the majority of plasma (70%) in the platelet concentrate can be replaced with an ...

The following are key points to remember from a 2024 updated international consensus statement on platelet function and genetic testing in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI): ...

Boston Scientific has signed a deal to acquire the maker of a chemotherapy infusion pump aimed at treating certain inoperable tumors in the liver, including metastatic colorectal cancer that has ...

which could affect treatment decisions about platelet transfusion. They suggested platelet transfusion should be used cautiously, only in cases of active bleeding or early in lung transplant ...

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Rumored to date back to the 1820s, snow tubing is a fun winter pastime that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and experience levels. A perennially popular Virginia winter activity, snow tubing uses ...