| Blood Transfusion |
| Why do you have to wait a year to donate blood if you''ve had a blood transfusion? |
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Its just in case the blood you were transfused with was carrying a disease. The idea is that in one year, either symptoms would have shown u...... |
| Does a Jehovah''s witness have the right to refuse a blood transfusion for his/ her sick baby? |
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Yes. They are legally responsible for the child and can make medical decisions for them, and obviously they are allowed to make decisions ba...... |
| If someone has Leukaemia....why can''t he undergo a complete blood transfusion and be cured? |
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Because Leukemia isn't just cancer "of the blood", it's cancer affecting the tissues that create blood cells - like bone m...... |
| OK i have a good one,,when was the first successful blood transfusion done? |
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In a series of experiments in 1665, Richard Lower attempted to transfusion blood from one dog to another. Baring the vein of one test animal...... |
| How long can Hepitities B,C & HIV Viruses survive in a contaminated blood transfusion sack collected from an? |
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The viruses would remain viable until the unit is destroyed. Most likely the unit would test positive for the presence of these viruses sho...... |
| How can someone catch aids?no sex, no blood transfusion, no drugs)? |
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Remember sharing toothbrushes. Having chapped lips, or trauma on your gums from brushing/flossing can in theory transmit it. If one of the k...... |
| Chances of catching hepatitis C and HIV from blood transfusion now? |
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Hepatitis C is the most common cause of transfusion-related hepatitis. In recent years about 30,000 new cases occur each year in the US, des...... |
| What r anti-k cells in blood and can anyone without a prior blood transfusion have them or pass them on?? |
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I have A positive, K negative blood, apparently only 5 % of the population have K neg, thanks to a transfusion ten years ago and as such I n...... |
| What is an RPN? can she do a blood transfusion? |
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Registered Psyciatric Nurse. Yes she can do transfusions but the hospital will certify her....... |
| What is the presentation of hepatitisA complication of blood transfusion? |
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Persons with hepatitis A virus infection may not have any signs or symptoms of the disease. Older persons are more likely to have symptoms t...... |
| Whats the risk of getting HIV from a hospital blood transfusion? |
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A Red Cross study reported in 1989 that the risk was one in 153,000.
Current estimates are that fewer than 1 in 1,900,000 blood component...... |
| B.thalassemia clinical treatment & timing prospect other than BMT&blood transfusion? |
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try on ...... |
| Forensic/doctors, pls help: if you just had a blood transfusion and u killed someone, hus DNA would be found? |
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The blood that is injected into you during a transfusion does not have much if any DNA. The only cells that carry DNA that are in the blood...... |
| What is the optimal time to check hematocrit after blood transfusion? |
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I'm a nurse and we check our pts hct right after the transfusion is complete....... |
| If you already had HIV and then you got a blood transfusion with HIV in it, would the HIV get worse? |
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yes.many people think that those with AIDS should sleep with others who have AIDS to stop the spread and still have a sex life but it can ma...... |
| Can you get herpes during a blood transfusion? |
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no, because all the blood is throughly tested for everything, I know I give blood....... |
| If a patient with blood group A were to need a blood transfusion,? |
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When a patient needs a blood transfusion, the MD orders a "type and cross" match for the patient's blood type. This results in...... |
| What are the nursing responsibilities on blood transfusion? |
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the nurse is responsible for insuring that the right unit of blood is to be administered to the right patient after typing and crossmatching...... |
| Why can''t i give blood just because i had a blood transfusion after a difficult childbrith? |
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From the National Blood Service website:
Q: Why are people who have or think they may have received a blood transfusion since 1980 no lo...... |
| How does one feel after receiving a blood transfusion? |
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Well, I have had several of them in the past year. I get a little itchy & run a low grade fever so I have to take a benedryl & tylenol othe...... |
| Per year, how many people need a blood transfusion? |
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Head over to the site I listed below. It looks like they've got a lot of good info about blood transfusions there.
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| I''m blood-type O-. If I get into a horrible accident that requires a blood transfusion, am I screwed? |
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No. At the hospital, we keep all types on hand at all times.
On another note though, thats why its important for people with less common...... |
| How long does it take to have a blood transfusion? |
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about 60 minutes but if your blood is thinner than most less time just as if it thicker than normal it would take longer.
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| What can be passed to me from a blood transfusion? |
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Their blood screening is not always acurate. Its a shame they push blood transfusions so much when there are so many other options,Blood exp...... |
| What are the dangers involved in taking a blood transfusion? |
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Here is some info:
Recently, Drs. L. T. Goodnough and J. M. Shuck noted: 鈥淭he medical community has long been aware that while the blood ...... |
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