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A blood transfusion is typically given when a person's blood levels are low and they need additional blood to help their body function properly. This can be due to conditions such as severe bleeding, anemia, or certain medical procedures. The decision to give a blood transfusion is made by healthcare professionals based on the individual's specific medical needs.

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Who discovered the human cells?

Antony Van Leeuwenhoekdiscovered blood cell's and named them blood cell's


Can you give blood if you have had a blood transfusion?

You can physically give blood while having mononucleosis, however during normal blood screening procedure your blood would be rejected. Mononucleosis is due to the Epstein Bar Virus which infects B cells in your blood. Therefore it can be transmitted through blood transfusion and blood infected with mononucleosis is rejected by blood banks.


What is the best time to give blood?

At morning or at evening. The question is about blood donation, not blood test. A question for blood test would be : What is the best time for a blood test? Giving blood means donation. Lab test means that some of your blood will be taken out for testing purposes.


Why is it important to know you blood type?

If you are injured or have certain illness that needs blood they may receive a blood transfusion to replace lost blood, but before transfusion heath care workers must identify patients blood type. If the wrong blood type is given the persons, blood clumps and blocks tiny capillaries, oxygen does not get to cells, and without oxygen, cells die. If you are severely injured and need blood it saves time if they know your blood type. It also is handy for DNA purposes.


Why you store the blood in the refrigerator yet the normal blood temperature is 38 degree Celsius?

The blood functions at 38 degree celsius, but when you're sending a sample to the lab, you're measuring components of blood, not its function. Sometimes you need to preserve those components via refrigeration.

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When is preoperative autologous blood donation appropriate?

PABD is generally indicated when there is a reasonable chance that a blood transfusion will become necessary, when the patient is in adequate health to donate blood, and when there is sufficient preoperative time for the patient to donate.


How does a person get infected through blood transfusion?

People are rarely infected with HIV through blood transfusion now. Scientists have not always known what HIV was or how to detect it. During this time, many people were infected with HIV as a result of blood transfusion. Thankfully, now every blood sample collected is tested for a variety of diseases, including HIV.


Which test is performed to determine the compatibility of a blood donor and the recipient before a blood transfusion?

The following tests are performed before the blood transfusion. 1. Hepatitus B 2. Hepatitus C 3. HIV 4. Treponima pallaidum (Symphillus) 5. Malarial Parasite 6. Creutz feldt Jacob disease or Mad cow disease


Will an Rh negative person who receives Rh positive blood for the first time have a transfusion reaction?

no.


During a blood transfusion is the patients old blood removed from the body?

Not generally. The point of a transfusion is to replace lost blood, so removing blood as you put it in from the transfusion defeats the purpose. Sometimes before surgery, you will undergo "saving" blood, that is before surgery some of your blood is drawn and saved, so it can be put back in after surgery. (This is done weeks in advance, so your body has time to get its blood levels back to normal.) Student Doctor


Why did Danny Kaye get a blood transfusion in 1983?

Danny Kaye received a blood transfusion in 1983 due to complications related to a serious illness. At that time, he was suffering from an undisclosed medical condition, which required the transfusion as part of his treatment. Kaye's health issues were significant enough to impact his public appearances and performances.


Do Jehovah Witnesses do blood transfusions even if their child is dying and NEED a blood transfusion because there is not much hope of survival if any hope of survival?

Jehovah's Witnesses who have lost blood are entitled to refuse a blood transfusion even if it will inevitably lead to their death; but they have no right to sentence their children to die. A qualified doctor is entitled to give a blood transfusion provided the child's consent is given. If the doctor is unhappy about this (though why should any doctor be unwilling top save a child's life?), the case should be referred to a doctor who is free from such qualms. If the Jehovah's Witness parent seeks to intervene to prevent the transfusion, the case should be rushed to court, if there is time. If not, the child should be given blood immediately.


Is their anyway of getting alcohol out of your system when drinking maybe 3 24oz beers?

Time. But you could also do dialysis or blood transfusion.


Why does a transfusion reaction not occur the first time a rh positive patient is exposed to rh negative blood?

the transfusion reaction doesn't occur the first time an Rh+ patient is exposed to Rh- blood because the Rh+ patients body hasn't created the antibodies needed to attack the Rh- blood that it comes in contact with. the second time the Rh+ patients body comes in contact with Rh- blood, it will have the antibodies necessary to fight against Rh- blood.


What is the length of time a blood transfusion can hang?

Maximum hang time is four hours in Canada, from the time the unit is spiked. This is to decrease the risk of bacterial growth.


Why no reaction to blood transfusion first time to Rh negative or Rh positive blood?

because both rh positive ann rh negative the anti boby is less


Blake's doctor found out that although Blake is Rh- he received Rh plus blood for the first time Will he have a transfusion reaction?

There is a risk of a transfusion reaction when a person with Rh- blood receives Rh+ blood for the first time. The reaction can range from mild to severe, depending on the individual's immune response. Prompt medical attention is necessary if a reaction occurs.