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Cureus
May 2023
Transfusion Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, IND.
Troubleshooting for any fault of apheresis equipment or kit is hardly addressed. Here, we report a unique problem of air trapping in a kit at two different positions leading to failure of the plateletpheresis procedure. Two plateletpheresis procedures were aborted due to "Access pressure low", though the needle position was absolutely perfect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Single donor apheresis platelets are superior in quality, but their usage is limited in a developing country due to cost and time constraints. Hence the product obtained must exceed in terms of yield, donor safety and technical convenience. Previous literature available on cell separators is on older versions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHematol Transfus Cell Ther
August 2019
AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India.
Biochem Med (Zagreb)
June 2017
Emergency Department, Academic Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
We describe the case of a 55-year old women admitted at night to the emergency department (ED), complaining for acute abdominal pain lasting for nearly 5 hours. A first blood testing, performed immediately after admission, revealed mild anaemia. A second blood sample, drawn two hours after admission, revealed a considerable decrease of haemoglobin, haematocrit, total white blood cell and platelet counts (between 10-15% reduction).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Apher
February 2018
Apheresis Services, Medical Director, Bloodworks, Seattle, Washington.
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