Among the immediate complications of transfusion, the most common and serious are intravascular hemolytic transfusion reactions because of ABO incompatibility caused by giving the wrong blood to a ...

Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people who are in car crashes, and victims of fires and other emergencies.

The following is a summary of “Risk factors and outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with traumatic brain ...

The county's Whole Blood Transfusion Program began in August and has helped save 19 lives over 6-month period, officials say.

Loretta Lynn ’s granddaughter Emmy Russell and her boyfriend, Tyler Ward, have welcomed their first baby.

Cobb County paramedics managed to save someone's life using a technique that had only learned just days prior.

In the 1960’s, shortly after the disease’s molecular mechanisms were first understood, blood transfusion therapy became commonplace to treat complications from SCD. Today, blood-based ...

When a patient is bleeding out, the risk of death rises with every minute that passes, trauma experts have told The News.

Each blood bank or transfusion service must have a system for detection, reporting and evaluation of suspected complications of transfusion. A responsible physician and the transfusion department ...