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Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's ... Patients with no history of red cell antibodies may qualify for computer-assisted ...
Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
Blood transfusion was pioneered. 1916. Austrian surgeon Hermann Schloffer performed the first splenectomy operation. 1917. New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies pioneered modern plastic surgery for wounded British World War I soldiers. 1925. The first open heart surgery by English surgeon Henry Souttar. 1929.
1888 – Bactericidal action of blood (George Nuttall) 1890 – Demonstration of antibody activity against diphtheria and tetanus toxins. Beginning of humoral theory of immunity. (Emil von Behring) and (Kitasato ShibasaburÅ) 1891 – Demonstration of cutaneous (delayed type) hypersensitivity (Robert Koch)
The practice of transfusion medicine involves both laboratory and clinical aspects of transfusion as communication between blood bank and patients, treating specialists and other medical staff is vital in situations such as massive transfusions or transfusion reactions.
The contaminated blood scandal has been called the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. Tens of thousands of people in the UK were infected with HIV and/or hepatitis through contaminated blood ...
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-215173-1. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge History of Medicine (2006); 416pp; excerpt and text search. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine (2001) excerpt and text search excerpt and text search
Patient deaths due to blood transfusion delays rose to 13 in 2022, up from 12 in 2020, nine in 2019 and just two in 2018. And the number of delays in patients receiving blood increased to 205 in ...