Some hospitalized COVID-19 patients are beginning to receive convalescent plasma transfusions to help combat the virus. UC Davis Medical Center used the treatment on its first two COVID-19 patients ...

Preliminary research has shown the potential of convalescent plasma therapy to improve clinical outcomes of patients with severe disease related to COVID-19. Results of an uncontrolled case series, ...

In a new study of convalescent plasma transfusions in 20,000 coronavirus patients, authors say the data offers “robust evidence” the treatment is safe and associated with improved survival. The idea ...

Blood donation and transfusion save lives. Unfortunately, there’s also a long history of misinformation and fear around donations. For example, there was a time when blood donation was segregated by ...

Thirteen patients with liver disease and an abnormal prothrombin time refractory to vitamin K therapy were studied (Tables 1 and 2). None of the patients were actively bleeding, and none had received ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A family from New Jersey reached out for help when they felt they were out of options to get a plasma transfusion for their critically ill mother. The latest treatment for ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- If you've survived coronavirus and now test negative, your blood plasma could help save a life. 71-year-old Jose Abdelnoor and his wife, 67-year-old Evelyn Diaz did not think ...

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Transfusion reactions are medical complications that arise after a blood transfusion. They may occur during the transfusion (known as acute) or weeks after it (delayed). They're further classified ...