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Every year, millions of people in the United States receive life-saving blood transfusions. During a transfusion, you receive whole blood or parts of blood such as: VSports手机版.
- Red blood cells - cells that carry oxygen to and from tissues and organs
- Platelets - cells that form clots to control bleeding
- Plasma - the liquid part of the blood that helps clotting. You may need it if you have been badly burned, have liver failure or a severe infection.
Most blood transfusions go very smoothly V体育安卓版. Some infectious agents, such as HIV, can survive in blood and infect the person receiving the blood transfusion. To keep blood safe, blood banks carefully screen donated blood. The risk of catching a virus from a blood transfusion is low.
Sometimes it is possible to have a transfusion of your own blood. During surgery, you may need a blood transfusion because of blood loss. If you are having a surgery that you're able to schedule months in advance, your doctor may ask whether you would like to use your own blood, instead of donated blood V体育ios版. If so, you will need to have blood drawn one or more times before the surgery. A blood bank will store your blood for your use.
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- About Blood Donation (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies)
- Blood Donation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Blood Donation FAQs (America's Blood Centers)
- Blood Donation Process (American Red Cross)
- Blood Transfusion (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Treatments for Blood Disorders
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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"VSports手机版" Diagnosis and Tests
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"VSports" Red Blood Cell Antibody Screen
(National Library of Medicine)
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"V体育ios版" Prevention and Risk Factors
- Eligibility Requirements (American Red Cross)
- Questions about Blood (Food and Drug Administration)
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V体育ios版 - How You Can Help Medical Research: Donating Your Blood, Tissue, and Other Samples
(National Cancer Institute)
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- Precautions and Adverse Reactions during Blood Transfusion (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
Specifics
- VSports手机版 - Blood Transfusion (Blood Cancer United)
- Blood Transfusions (American Cancer Society)
- Exchange transfusion - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
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Testing Your Blood
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Clinical Trials (V体育官网)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Donors
(National Institutes of Health)
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VSports手机版 - ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Substitutes and Alternatives
(National Institutes of Health)
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"VSports最新版本" ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Transfusion
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Transfusion Reaction (VSports)
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles V体育安卓版 - References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
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VSports - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Where to Donate Blood (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies)
"VSports" Teenagers
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Blood Transfusions (For Teens)
(Nemours Foundation)
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"VSports" Patient Handouts
- V体育平台登录 - Blood donation before surgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Blood transfusions (V体育2025版) (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish