Publications by authors named "M Reza Bahmanyar"

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a chronic airway disorder, which is mostly brought on by cigarette smoke extract (CSE), is a leading cause of death which has a high frequency. In COPD patients, smoking cigarette could also trigger the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of airway remodeling. One of the most significant elements of environmental contaminants that is linked to pulmonary damage is fine particulate matter (PM2.

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Background: Regulatory aspects of transfusion medicine add complexity in blinded transfusion trials when considering various electronic record keeping software and blood administration processes. The aim of this study is to explore strategies when blinding transfusion components and products in paper and electronic medical records.

Methods: Surveys were collected and interviews were conducted for 18 sites across various jurisdictions in North America to determine solutions applied in previous transfusion randomized control trials.

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Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a T cell-mediated chronic autoimmune disease, whose pathogenesis and etiology are not entirely understood. OLP is characterized by subepithelial lymphocyte infiltration and elevated intra-epithelial lymphocytes. The majority of lamina propria lymphocytes are CD4 T cells.

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  • The study examined the safety of giving group O uncrossmatched red blood cells (RBC) and low titer group O whole blood (LTOWB) to non-group O trauma patients during resuscitation.
  • Patients were classified into three groups based on their transfusion history, and the impact of receiving non-O RBCs on mortality rates was analyzed.
  • Results indicated that while non-group O patients receiving only group O RBCs had higher mortality at 6 hours, those receiving a mix of group O and non-O RBCs did not show increased mortality at later time points, suggesting the practice is safe.
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There is a heterogeneous group of rare illnesses that fall into the vasculitis category and are characterized mostly by blood vessel inflammation. Ischemia and disrupted blood flow will cause harm to the organs whose blood arteries become inflamed. Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most prevalent kind of vasculitis in children aged 5 years or younger.

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