Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. Doctors may recommend blood transfusions as part of AML treatment. The specific transfusion type and associated risks ...

HEMOLYTIC transfusion reactions may occur after the administration of donor bloods even when they have apparently been shown compatible by crossmatch tests. Often ...

A baby who contracted a virus when he was still in the womb is thought to be the youngest in the UK to receive a life-saving, ...

Nathaniel McQuay, MD, discusses new data on whole-blood transfusion survival benefits in traumatic hemorrhage.

For many years, first responders would rush patients with severe blood loss to the hospital for a blood transfusion. But in ...

Blood transfusion refers to the administration of donated blood products such as red blood cells, platelets or plasma. Blood transfusion is indicated in the treatment of various conditions including ...

An intrauterine transfusion is considered "one of the riskiest, most complex and rarest lifesaving transfusions" ...

When Beatrice Jones was told at the age of 11 she needed a potentially life-saving blood transfusion, she felt "a wave of ...

Antonio Hodges says a field blood transfusion saved his life after severe bleeding. Norfolk Fire-Rescue crews are using whole ...