Transfusion reaction

Sickle-Cell Diseases Sickle – cell disease is a kind of disease that infects red blood cells. This disease is inherited disease in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin (1).There are several names for this disease such as sickle cell anemia. This disease spreads in inbreeding because it is a genetic disease. This disease is called sickle cell because the red blood cells under a microscope take a curved or crescent shape like a sickle (tool for harvesting forage).The cells…

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder that causes normal red blood cells to form into an irregular shape, called sickled-cells. The sickle cell gene causes the body to produce abnormal hemoglobin. After a while, the hemoglobin will then cluster together anywhere in the body causing the blockage of blood flow through the blood vessels. This blockage deprives the tissues and blood of oxygen which can lead to many difficulties and problems. SCD becomes life-threatening when the damaged red…

Mukhopadhyay, A., Yip, H. S., Prabhuswamy, D., Chan, Y. H., Phua, J., Lim, T. K., & Leong, P. (2010). The use of a blood conservation device to reduce red blood cell transfusion requirements: a before and after study. Critical Care, 10(1), 7. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1186/cc8859 This paper critiques the above named research study, the step by step format used in this critique are guidelines adopted from the recourses available on the lecture note site on blackboard. Purpose: In this study,…

There are approximately 350 million people who suffer from hereditary diseases worldwide. The children and adults that have these diseases have no control in preventing them. A person inherits a chronic disease from their parents based upon their genetic makeup. A hereditary disease is an inherited medical condition caused by a DNA abnormality. When you have a hereditary disease you encounter mental, physical and emotional impacts, both short term and long term at any age. The caregivers of…

Cultural Competency The health care system may be unique in being a true melting pot of cultures, ethnicities and races. No matter ones background, health care and maintenance is a necessity of life. The cultural landscape of America is a constantly changing one. It is project that by the year 2045 that non-Hispanic Caucasians will represent less than 50% of the U.S. population for the first time (Alba, 2015). However this estimate may actually be inaccurate because of the numerous American…

problem: With the patient having a poor prognosis based on no significant improvement after initial treatment in ER and eventual surgical intervention, the family continues to request that all life-saving interventions be done for the patient (blood transfusion, dopamine, etc.) Immediate and extended family members, admitting doctor and Neurosurgery doctor and ICU nurses are all involved. Patient does not have a signed advance directive on file. The predicament is do we continue aggressive…

Do you know how many Americans would die each year if they did not receive a blood transfusion? The answer is 4.5 million. If it wasn’t for Charles Richard Drew, an African-American surgeon who founded procedures of strong blood plasma for transfusions, those 4.5 million American would not have the option of receiving the lifesaving procedure. Do you know how many people are diagnosed with cancer per year? The answer to that question is 12.7 million. Which mean12.7 million people with cancer may…

problems with blood transfusions before World War I was were that no one knew there were different blood types and mixing them could cause a massive activation of the immune system, due to it treating the donor blood cells as foreign invaders, which could potentially lead to shock, kidney failure, circulatory collapse or even death. After the discovery of the different blood types in 1901, by Karl Landsteiner, an American and Austrian biologist and physician, blood transfusions began to become…

Other types of anaemia include: 1. THALASSAEMIA: Thalassaemia are inherited blood disorders which cause the body to make fewer healthy red blood cells and less haemoglobin (an iron-rich protein in red blood cells). The two major types of thalassaemia are alpha- and beta thalassaemia. Haemoglobin in red blood cells has two kinds of protein chains: alpha globin and beta globin. If the body doesn't make enough of these protein chains, red blood cells don't form properly and can't carry enough…

of the RBCs. Inasmuch as the abnormality of the RBCs may persist, their interference are no longer impaired by the spleen. In the case of folic acid supplementation, the patient is made to take 1 mg folic acid drugs on a daily basis while blood transfusion is recommended. However, this is for patients with ‘acute stages of anemia’ (Gehrs, Friedberg,…