Medscape

Transfusion May Raise Death Risk After Endocarditis Surgery

Anemia and transfusion of red blood cells are common in patients undergoing valve surgery for infective endocarditis, and ...
News Medical

TXA reduces the need for blood transfusion in patients undergoing high-risk non-cardiac surgery

When hospitals were randomly assigned to treat patients undergoing higher-risk non-cardiac surgery with tranexamic acid (TXA) or a placebo, patients who received TXA needed significantly fewer blood ...
DaijiworldOpinion

Experts call for urgent overhaul of blood safety systems to protect transfusion-dependent patients

A group of leading health experts, legal professionals and patient advocates on Wednesday underscored the urgent need for ...
Business Wire

Geron Announces Positive CHMP Opinion for RYTELO™ (imetelstat) for the Treatment of Adults with Transfusion-Dependent Anemia due to Lower-Risk MDS

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to change lives by changing the course of blood cancer, today announced that ...

UAB working to expand access to pre-hospital blood transfusions

Health leaders at UAB say pre-hospital blood transfusions are not available everywhere in Alabama. “Every eligible patient ...
The Columbian

Clark County Emergency Medical Services Council receives grant to launch Clark County Prehospital Transfusion Team

The Clark County Emergency Medical Services Council received $820,480 to launch the Clark County Prehospital Transfusion Team, a countywide program to provide blood transfusions before patients reach ...