Tone or tissue? A comparison of trends and risk factors of severe postpartum hemorrhage according to uterine atony or retained tissue in a hospital setting. by Silje Pettersen, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Siri Vangen, Lill Trine Nyfløt

“…Severe PPH was defined as an estimated blood loss of ≥1500 ml or a blood transfusion. Poisson regression was used to estimate the temporal trend in the 10-year cohort. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Cancer Patients: A Cross-sectional Study from Regional Cancer Care Centre, Gujarat, India by Hirenkumar Ashokbhai Patel, Foram Maulin Patel

“…Risk factors such as blood transfusion and radiotherapy were associated with HCV transmission. …”
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of depressive disorders by integrating Chinese and Western medicine (English edition) by Wei Chen, Wei Li, Yan Li, Zhen Wang, Jianjun Wang, Hongyan Chen, Zhangsheng Yu, Jing Gao, Lin Yu, Yiying Hu, Yongjun Chen, Zhaojun Yan, Lanying Liu, Wangtao Li, Liyuan Luo, Liyuan Guo, Bin Fen, Hongxiao Jia, Zhangjin Zhang

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Proximal Femoral Nail versus Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation for Trochanteric Fractures: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Xiao Huang, Frankie Leung, Zhou Xiang, Pei-Yong Tan, Jing Yang, Dai-Qing Wei, Xi Yu

“…The purpose of this meta-analysis was to find out whether the proximal femoral nail was better than the dynamic hip screw in the treatment of trochanteric fractures with respect to operation time, blood transfusion, hospital stay, wound complications, number of reoperation, and mortality rate. …”
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Hepatitis E virus infection among blood donors in Hangzhou by DU Ziyun, DENG Wenjun, WU Danxiao, LIU Jinhui, DONG Jie

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A comparative analysis and survival analysis of open versus minimally invasive radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy for pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-an... by Yating Zhou, Fei Xue

“…No significant differences were observed in blood transfusion rates, pancreatic fistula rates, delayed gastric emptying, or length of hospital stay. …”
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Liver Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Laparoscopic versus Open Approach by C. G. Ker, J. S. Chen, K. K. Kuo, S. C. Chuang, S. J. Wang, W. C. Chang, K. T. Lee, H. Y. Chen, C. C. Juan

“…The necessity for blood transfusion was found in 8 patients (6.9%) and 106 patients (50.9%) for LR and OR groups. …”
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Longitudinal relationship between baseline Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and stroke risk over 8 years in Chinese adults aged 45 and older: a prospective cohort study by Xiaoqiang Li, Xiangmao Zhou, Hui Du, Hui Wang, Zhijian Tan, Yaqing Zeng, Zhibin Song, Guifeng Zhang

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Heparin rebound in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a single-center retrospective study by Fei Jiang, Yang Xu, Shan-shan Hu, Jin-quan Wang, Yun-tai Yao, the Evidence in Cardiovascular Anesthesia (EICA) Group

“…Secondary outcomes included the incidence of postoperative reoperation for bleeding, allogenic blood transfusion incidences and volumes, and laboratory variables. …”
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Thyroid Function in Chronically Transfused Children with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Cross-Sectional Hospital Based Study by Suraj Haridas Upadya, M. S. Rukmini, Sowmya Sundararajan, B. Shantharam Baliga, Nutan Kamath

“…BTM children, 3 years old and above, on regular blood transfusions with serum ferritin > 1500 mcg/l were included in the study. …”
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Knockdown of Fibromodulin Inhibits Proliferation and Migration of RPE Cell via the VEGFR2-AKT Pathway by He Hu, Shanshan Li, Jianqiao Li, Chao Huang, Fang Zhou, Li Zhao, Wenzhen Yu, Xiao Qin

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Safety and efficacy of the initial application of vacuum-induced intrauterine tamponade for the management of postpartum hemorrhage by Ryuichi Shimaoka, Yuichiro Takahashi, Hitomi Ono, Saki Inuzuka, Masako Matsui, Kazuhiko Asai, Shigenori Iwagaki

“…It was successful in 19 out of 20 (95 %) patients. Blood transfusion was required in 6 out of 20 (30 %) patients. …”
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Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Severe Malaria in Children under 5 Years Old in Benin by Xiao Ma, Xin Fan, Kora Chabi Youssaou, Junfei Zhang, Xingyi Wang, Guoqiang Zheng, Shuping Tian, Yujing Gao

“…Inclusion, exclusion, and blood transfusion criteria were identified. Results. We analyzed 236 pediatric cases. …”
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Risk Factors and Medico-Economic Effect of Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreaticoduodenectomy by Renping Huang, Bing Liu, Hua Chen, Xuewei Bai, Rui Kong, Gang Wang, Yongwei Wang, Bei Sun, Yinghui Guan

“…The excessive drinking, soft remnant pancreas, preoperative albumin, and intraoperative blood transfusion are risk factors affecting both PF and CR-PF incidence. …”
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Pelvic Radiation Disease Management by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Prospective Study of 44 Patients by Mehdi Ouaïssi, Stephanie Tran, Diane Mege, Vivien Latrasse, Alain Barthelemy, Nicolas Pirro, Philippe Grandval, James Lassey, Igor Sielezneff, Bernard Sastre, Mathieu Coulange

“…Twenty-seven percent of patients required blood transfusion (n=12). The median of delay between radiotherapy and HBOT was 26 months (3–175). …”
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A Child as a Donor for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Bioethical Justification—A Case Study on Sickle Cell Disease by Andrea Z. Pereira, Ricardo Hellman, Nelson Hamerschlak, Andrea Kondo, Polianna Mara Rodrigues de Souza, Wilson Leite Pedreira, Luiz Fernando Alves Lima Mantovani, Eduardo Juan Troster, Henrique Grunspun, Marco Aurélio Scarpinella Bueno

“…The complication for the donor was the need for blood transfusion.…”
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Frequent Recurrences of Genital Herpes Are Associated with Enhanced Systemic HSV-Specific T Cell Response by Michal Holub, Alžběta Stráníková, Pavel Chalupa, Simona Arientová, Kateřina Roubalová, Ondřej Beran

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Role of Anti-MICA Antibodies in Graft Survival of Renal Transplant Recipients of India by Mohit Chowdhry, R. N. Makroo, Mandhata Singh, Manoj Kumar, Yogita Thakur, Vandana Sharma

“…The aim of the present study was to find the prevalence of MHC class 1 chain-related (MICA) alloantibodies in patients undergoing live-related donor renal transplantation and its role in short-term graft survival. The role of blood transfusion in the formation of these antibodies was also studied. …”
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Epidemiologic Investigation of Intestinal Parasite Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Primary Schoolchildren in the Manzini and Lubombo Provinces, the Kingdom of Eswatini by Ai-Wen Yin, Yueh-Lun Lee, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Gugu Maphalala, Chien-Wei Liao, Chia-Kwung Fan

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Analysis of Drug Effects on Primary Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells Activated by Serum Amyloid A by K. Lakota, D. Hrušovar, M. Ogrič, K. Mrak-Poljšak, S. Čučnik, M. Tomšič, B. Božič, P. Žigon, S. Sodin-Semrl

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