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Therapeutics > Biological Therapy > Blood Transfusion > Blood Component Transfusion

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Blood Component Transfusion  

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; for transfusion back to donor, coordinate with BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; do not confuse with BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL & its specifics where component is removed but remainder goes back to donor; /adv eff: coordinate with TRANSFUSION REACTION if pertinent

Scope note

  • The transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in PLASMAPHERESIS and types of CYTAPHERESIS; (PLATELETPHERESIS and LEUKAPHERESIS) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016913

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