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Image: Phlebotomy or venipuncture performed to obtain blood for laboratory tests (Photo courtesy of Sweet Water Health and Education).

Excessive Phlebotomy in Cardiac Surgical Care Leads to Anemia

Laboratory testing among patients undergoing cardiac surgery can lead to excessive bloodletting, which can increase the risk of developing hospital-acquired anemia and the need for blood transfusion.   More...
01 Apr 2015
Image: The miniature Proxima Sensor is integrated into a patient’s arterial line to be used for directly monitoring blood gases and electrolytes over a 72 hour period as many times as required (Photo courtesy of Sphere Medical).

Advanced Miniature In-Line Blood Gas Analyzer Launched in Europe

A CE-marked patient-dedicated system, presented at ISICEM 2015, delivers point-of-care testing by enabling critical care staff to obtain rapid and frequent laboratory-accurate arterial blood gas measurements without leaving the patient’s bedside, facilitating effective and timely clinical decisions.   More...
31 Mar 2015
Image: Plastic bag containing 0.5 to 0.7 liters of packed red blood cells in citrate, phosphate, dextrose, and adenine (CPDA) solution (Photo courtesy of Fresenius HemoCare).

Transfusion Protocols Compared After Cardiac Surgery

Unnecessary blood transfusions may increase healthcare costs both directly, because blood is an increasingly scarce and expensive resource, and indirectly due to the complications associated with transfusion.  More...
25 Mar 2015
Image: Microscopic image of circulating tumor cells captured by IBN’s liquid biopsy microsieve (Photo courtesy of Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology).

Novel Noninvasive Diagnostic Test Developed for Colorectal Cancer

Researchers have developed a genetic test for colorectal cancer using a novel liquid “biopsy” of circulating tumor cells from whole blood, a rapid, easy-to-use technology developed to improve treatment, monitoring, and overall care of cancer patients.   More...
15 Mar 2015

PROPPR Trial Supports Use of Transfusion Protocol Initially Developed for Battlefield Trauma Patients

In a groundbreaking multisite prospective clinical trial, the damage control resuscitation protocol for massive blood transfusion significantly improved severe trauma patient outcome from hemorrhagic shock, when compared to another commonly used protocol.  More...
04 Mar 2015
Image: Various types of leukocytes within a blood sample used for a differential white blood cell count to determine the relative percentages (Photo courtesy of Dr. Kristine Krafts MD).

Blood Tests Help Identify Children Who Need Appendectomy

Appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency in the pediatric population, yet the diagnosis remains challenging in many cases and the use of laboratory data as a diagnostic adjunct has similarly been associated with relatively low sensitivity, and children with pathology-proven appendicitis can often present with a normal leukocyte count  More...
04 Mar 2015
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Iron Supplementation Improves Hemoglobin Recovery Time Following Blood Donation

Among blood donors with normal hemoglobin levels, low-dose oral iron supplementation, compared with no supplementation, reduced the time to recovery of the post-donation decrease in hemoglobin.  More...
01 Mar 2015
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The Hematology channel at LabMedica covers the all aspect of plasma, coagulation, transfusion medicine, and blood banking, as well as related lab tools and techniques.