[
UK
/tɹænsfjˈuːʒən/
]
[ US /tɹænsˈfjuʒən/ ]
[ US /tɹænsˈfjuʒən/ ]
NOUN
- the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
- the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another
How To Use transfusion In A Sentence
- She was treated with intravenous folinic acid and antibiotics and was given transfusions of blood products.
- Most instances have been associated with infection, blood transfusion, or termination of pregnancy.
- In some such instances, use of a special technique (hemapheresis) to collect donor granulocytes may permit their transfusion and provide some benefit until the patient's own white cell counts recover.
- The patient subsequently received platelet and red blood cell transfusions.
- Curiously, family physicians were more likely than cardiologists to order transfusions.
- Remember - one day you may owe your life to a blood transfusion.
- There is no single procedure to replace the surgical patient's need for blood transfusion.
- Once identified, these will be used to screen out blood capable of transmitting post - transfusion hepatitis.
- Intake of potentially hepatotoxic drugs, intravenous drug addiction and previous blood transfusions were ruled out in all patients.
- After large transfusions of low titer group O blood into patients of groups A, B, and AB, it was not possible to demonstrate foreign isohemolysins or incomplete antibodies in the recipient serum.