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long-term transfusion therapy
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what is 'long-term transfusion therapy'?
Definition for long-term transfusion therapy
long-term transfusion therapy is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: sickle cell anemia, thalassemia intermedia and thalassemia major.
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diagnosis
sickle cell anemia
blockage of blood vessels caused by abnormal crescent shaped red blood cells
long-term transfusion therapy and sickle cell anemia
thalassemia intermedia
genetic disease causing anemia due to abnormal hemoglobin production
long-term transfusion therapy and thalassemia intermedia
thalassemia major
genetic disease causing anemia due to abnormal hemoglobin production
long-term transfusion therapy and thalassemia major
related procedure for 'long-term transfusion therapy'/associated diagnoses
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procedures
Serum transferrin saturation
long-term transfusion therapy and Serum transferrin saturation
serum total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
long-term transfusion therapy and serum total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
ABO Blood Groups
long-term transfusion therapy and ABO Blood Groups
Blood Transfusion
Transfusion of blood through a vein
long-term transfusion therapy and Blood Transfusion
Blood Type and Crossmatch
long-term transfusion therapy and Blood Type and Crossmatch
Blood, Platelet Count
Platelet Count
long-term transfusion therapy and Blood, Platelet Count
Bone Marrow Transplant
long-term transfusion therapy and Bone Marrow Transplant
Chest X-ray
Radiological technique to image the chest
long-term transfusion therapy and Chest X-ray
Complete Blood Count
long-term transfusion therapy and Complete Blood Count
ECHOcardiogram
long-term transfusion therapy and ECHOcardiogram
Fetal hemoglobin (HbF)
long-term transfusion therapy and Fetal hemoglobin (HbF)
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
long-term transfusion therapy and Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Histocompatibility testing
long-term transfusion therapy and Histocompatibility testing
Hypertransfusion
long-term transfusion therapy and Hypertransfusion
Intravenous (IV) fluids
long-term transfusion therapy and Intravenous (IV) fluids
Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution
long-term transfusion therapy and Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution
Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
long-term transfusion therapy and Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
Liver Function Tests
elevated liver enzymes
long-term transfusion therapy and Liver Function Tests
Molecular Genetic Studies
long-term transfusion therapy and Molecular Genetic Studies
Packed red blood cell Transfusion
long-term transfusion therapy and Packed red blood cell Transfusion
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related medication for 'long-term transfusion therapy'/associated diagnoses
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folic acid
long-term transfusion therapy and folic acid
ascorbic acid
long-term transfusion therapy and ascorbic acid
deferasirox
long-term transfusion therapy and deferasirox
deferoxamine mesylate
long-term transfusion therapy and deferoxamine mesylate
haemophilus influenzae b conjugate vaccine
long-term transfusion therapy and haemophilus influenzae b conjugate vaccine
meningococcal vaccine
long-term transfusion therapy and meningococcal vaccine
pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine
long-term transfusion therapy and pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine
pneumococcal vaccine/ps23
long-term transfusion therapy and pneumococcal vaccine/ps23
vitamin e
long-term transfusion therapy and vitamin e
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Long-term blood product transfusion support for pa...[Leuk Res. 1999 ...
Long-term blood product transfusion support for patients with myelodysplastic ... long-term transfusion support (supportive care) with growth factor therapy or ...
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Long-term symptomless HIV positive blood transfusion recipients.
... could have influenced the long-term survival of the Sydney cohort ... to establish if the PCP was due to immunosuppressive therapy and not due to AIDS. ...
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Long-term hydroxyurea therapy for infants with sickle cell anemia: the ...
Long-term hydroxyurea therapy for infants with sickle cell anemia: the HUSOFT extension study ... and was placed on chronic transfusion therapy, and 1 died of splenic ...
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Enzyme replacement therapy by fibroblast transplantation: long-term ...
... therapy by fibroblast transplantation: long-term ... Curtis, John E. Effect of Leukocyte Transfusion in a Child with Type II Mucopolysaccharidosis. ...
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eMedicine - Bone Marrow Transplantation, Long-Term Effects : Article ...
... therapy, organ damage, secondary malignancy, endocrinopathies, reproductive ... of a new cancer, chronic GVHD, or transfusion-acquired viral infection. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/byname/bone-marrow-transplantat...
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No Cancer Risk from Blood Transfusion - Cancer Information (Cancers ...
Combination Therapy Helps to Combat Myeloma. Does Skin Cancer Lead to ... a major advancement in the understanding of long-term transfusion-related risks. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=81186
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Clinical Alert: NHLBI Stops Study Testing How Long Children with Sickle ...
... transfusions, which can include such long-term side effects as iron overload. ... The importance of transfusion therapy in preventing strokes in patients with ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/sickle_transfusion.html
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Long term therapy with zidovudine (ZVD) in thalassemic patients with ...
Long term therapy with zidovudine (ZVD) in thalassemic patients with HIV infection. ... long term antiretroviral treatment in beta-thalassemic transfusion dependent ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102192673.html
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eMedicine - Bone Marrow Transplantation, Long-Term Effects : Article by ...
... of a new cancer, chronic GVHD, or transfusion-acquired viral infection. ... Slowly taper steroids in patients who have been receiving long-term steroid therapy. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2551.htm
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program ...
This statement was originally published as: Platelet Transfusion Therapy. ... Assessment of the long-term effects of repeated plateletapheresis. ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/1986/1986PlateletTransfusionTherapy059html.htm
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transfusion medicine intro
... the effect of therapy on long term progression of atherosclerotic disease ... long-term retrospective-prospective, collaborative study of transfusion ...
http://www.cc.nih.gov/about/ar_archives/ar98/clinical_research/dtm/dtm.html
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Clinical Trials (PDQ®) - National Cancer Institute
Long-Term Effects of Therapy in Patients Previously Treated for Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma ... medicine specialists; transfusion-associated risks by ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinical_trials/view_clinicaltrials.a...
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Lack of progressive hepatic fibrosis during long-t...[Blood. 2002 ...
... during long-term therapy with deferiprone in subjects with transfusion-dependent ... Long-term safety and effectiveness of iron-chelation therapy with deferiprone ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12176871
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Long term asymptomatic infection in six blood transfusion recipients ...
Long term asymptomatic infection in six blood transfusion recipients with ... asymptomatic with conserved CD4 counts and none have received anti-viral therapy. ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102207947.html
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Current therapy of sickle cell disease
Prophylactic therapy. Red cell transfusion ... PA, Scott JP, et al. Long-term hydroxyurea therapy for infants with sickle cell ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2204144
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FYI from the NHLBI, Public Interest News: Research and Resources
Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network ... Long-Term Oxygen Treatment Trial ... complex problems in blood disease, transfusion medicine, and cellular therapies. ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/public/jan06/rsrchtls.htm
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The long-term course of non-A, non-B post-transfus...[Gastroenterology ...
... were begun on immunosuppressive therapy with transaminases still abnormal. ... Long-term follow-up of acute and chronic non-A, non-B post-transfusion hepatitis: ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6774906?ordinalpos=1&itoo...
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Long term non-progression 17-20 years post infection in untreated ...
Long term non-progression 17-20 years post infection in untreated transfusion ... died of AIDS and two (still alive, 2002) had low CD4 counts and were on therapy. ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102251087.html
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Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome complicating long-term mitomycin C and 5 ...
... renal toxicity in patients receiving long-term therapy with mitomycin C and 5 ... after blood transfusion in two patients on long-term 5-fluorouracil and ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=498099
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Immunoglobulin infusion for isoimmune haemolytic jaundice in neonates
... hospital stay, simple transfusion requirements, and long term outcomes such as ... transfusion therapy and the incidence of adverse events and also long term ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Alcock/Alcock.htm
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NIH Clinical Center, FY2000 Annual Report, Transfusion Medicine
Therapy of Von Willebrand's Disease with Single-donor Cryoprecipitate Collected ... The long-term goal of both the basic immunology studies and the DNA vaccine ...
http://www.cc.nih.gov/about/ar_archives/ar00/TRANS.htm
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Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer - National Cancer Institute
Schwartz CL: Long-term survivors of childhood cancer: the late effects of therapy. ... Transfusion, antispasmodics, formalin, counsel regarding risk of bladder cancer ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/lateeffect...
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eMedicine - Transfusion and Autotransfusion : Article Excerpt by Lewis ...
... paradigms for whole blood and component therapy transfusion are lacking. ... Subsequently, the development of long-term anticoagulants, such as acid-citrate ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/byname/Transfusion-and-Autotransfusion.htm
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Lack of progressive hepatic fibrosis during long-t...[Blood. 2002 ...
... during long-term therapy with deferiprone in subjects with transfusion-dependent ... induced progression of hepatic fibrosis during long-term therapy. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12176871?dopt=Abstract
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Long-term treatment of symptomatic HIV-infection in children with ...
... and virological effects of long-term therapy in children with Zidovudine (ZDV) ... perinatally (1-8 yrs), 2 by transfusion (both 5 yrs), 10 by factor replacement ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102177503.html
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Hepatitis C infection after blood product transfusion.
... patients receiving long-term replacement therapy with intravenous immunoglobulin. Transfusion. ... F. Long-term outcome in kidney transplant patients with ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1511780
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Hydroxyurea Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
What are the short? and long?term harms of hydroxyurea treatment? ... Hospitalizations. Blood transfusion therapy. Acute chest syndrome. Priapism (painful erection) ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/2008/2008SickleCellDRAFTstatementhtml.htm
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eMedicine - Cooley Anemia : Article by Brent H Limbaugh
... siderosis resulting from iron overload and long-term transfusion therapy is the ... Long-term outcome of continuous 24-hour deferoxamine infusion via indwelling ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic438.htm
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Long-term efficacy of octreotide in the prevention...[Am J ...
... investigate the efficacy of long-term octreotide therapy in the prevention of ... episodes (0.4 +/- 0.7 vs 0.9 +/- 1.5, P= 0.070) and transfusion requirements ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17311647
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Long term zidovudine treatment: four year results of the multicentre ...
Five patients required transfusion, all between 42 and 120 weeks after starting therapy. ... Long-Term Care. Male. Multicenter Study. Prospective Studies ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102192681.html
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Viral Phenotypes and Antibody Responses in Long-Term Survivors Infected ...
... Blood Bank Cohort (SBBC) consists of eight blood transfusion recipients infected ... Subjects D36 and C98 were placed on antiretroviral therapy in 1999 (9) ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1951448
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Preoperative erythropoietin: a decision model for long-term outcomes.
However, transfusion rate is only an intermediate endpoint in determining the ... In order for this therapy to be cost-effective by current standards, a ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102233006.html
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What is new in iron overload?
Long-term transfusion therapy prolongs life but results in a toxic accumulation ... The long-term efficacy of this approach has been demonstrated, limiting organ ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2254659
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Metalloporphyrins for treatment of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in ...
... a conventional therapy (such as phototherapy or exchange transfusion) or no ... kernicterus, exchange transfusion and long term neurodevelopmental impairment. ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Suresh2/SURESH.HTM
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Clinical Studies: Search
A Prospective Study of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections. 01-CC-0045 : ... Long-Term Therapy with Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C. 99-C-0128 : ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/cgi/wais/wais-search032001.pl?e1%40hepatitis
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Trends in Long-Term Survival Following Liver Resection for Hepatic ...
... in overall survival were not seen based on age, gender, transfusion ... In addition, surgical therapy for recurrences was more common after 1992 than in ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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No Cancer Risk From Blood Transfusion
... a major advancement in the understanding of long-term transfusion-related risks. ... Biological Therapy. Bone Marrow Transplant. Chemotherapy. Controlling ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20070517/no-cancer-risk-from-blood-transfusion
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Early postnatal (<96 hours) corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung ...
Additional long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up data have been included in ... Surfactant therapy has improved the outcome of preterm infants with RDS, but the ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/hallida3/halliday.htm
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Risk Factors, Prevention, and Management of Postoperative Recurrence ...
PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE BY ADJUVANT THERAPY. MANAGEMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE RECURRENCE ... 2,3 However, the long-term prognosis after resection of HCC remains ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1421103
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Sydney blood bank cohort: (SBBC) additional long-term non-progressor ...
NSW Blood Transfusion Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia. ... received anti-viral therapy. ... and enlisted an additional Long-Term Non-Progressor recipient as ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102225503.html
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A single measurement of CD38CD8 cells in HIV+, long-term surviving ...
... donors attending the South-east of Scotland Regional Transfusion Centre. ... Recovery of the immune system with antiretroviral therapy: the end of opportunism? ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1905742
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Delayed (>3 weeks) postnatal corticosteroids for chronic lung disease ...
... therapy may not significantly increase the risk of adverse long-term ... was also discontinued for blood transfusion derived CMV infection for one infant ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/hallida4/halliday.htm
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Retrospective nationwide survey of Japanese patien...[Eur J Haematol ...
... (AA) are the most common anemias that require transfusion therapy in Japan. ... Long-term efficacy of deferoxamine iron chelation therapy in adults with ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17391310?ordinalpos=5&ito...
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Hepatitis B virus genotypes and resistance mutations in patients under ...
... patients submitted to long term lamivudine therapy displayed resistant mutations, ... Six belonged to the blood transfusion risk group and three were ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2245951
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HIV disease progression rates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2 Long term non-progressors. 3 Highly exposed persistently seronegative ... attenuated quasi species of HIV-1 from a blood transfusion donor and recipients" ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_disease_progression_rates
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NIH Guide: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL THERAPIES TREATMENT CONSORTIUM ...
... blood loss requiring transfusion, and the long- term effects of bladder neck ... whether adjuvant medical therapy improves the long-term outcome of minimally ...
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-01-024.html
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program ...
... a reexamination of the benefit-to-risk relationship for transfusion therapy. ... What are the risks of red cell transfusion--both immediate and long term? ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/1988/1988RedCellTransfusion070html.htm
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Long-term kinetics of T cell production in HIV-infected subjects ...
... Immunology, Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion ... highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were investigated in blood ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=25839
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Interpersonal IEC as a long-term strategy for the prevention of STD/HIV ...
... suffering from STDs or HIV infection and AIDS; safe blood transfusion and IEC. ... therapy. Other ID: 98405026. UI: 102231561. From Meeting Abstracts. Contact Us ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102231561.html
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Risk of gastrointestinal haemorrhage with long term use of aspirin ...
Long term therapy with aspirin is associated with a significant increase in the ... admission to hospital or blood transfusion?as trials varied considerably in ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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