NEW APPROACHES TO RED CELL TRANSFUSION

Abstract

Donated blood and blood products play a critical role in helping: women with bleeding associated with pregnancy and childbirth; children with severe forms of anemia caused by malaria and malnutrition; patients with blood and bone marrow diseases, congenital disorders of hemoglobin synthesis and immunodeficiency conditions; people those who received traumatic injuries as a result of emergencies, disasters and accidents; patients undergoing complex medical and surgical procedures.