ArticleBMC medicine2015
Innocent lives lost and saved: the importance of blood transfusion for children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Blood Donation Fear, Perceived Rewards, Self-Efficacy, and Intention to Return Among Whole Blood Donors in China: A Social Cognitive Perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- AnemoCheck-LRS: an optimized, color-based point-of-care test to identify severe anemia in limited-resource settings.BMC medicine · 2020Article
- "Dual-gene" malaria-resistance: Therapeutically-rational exchange (T-REX) of group-O sickle trait and group-O C-traittrait red blood cells can be evaluated in Benin and Nigeria.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2020Article
- Collaborations on blood transfusion research in sub-Saharan Africa: who, what and where.Vox sanguinis · 2020Article
- Risk factors for recurrent severe anemia among previously transfused children in Uganda: an age-matched case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Severe anaemia associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection in children: consequences for additional blood sampling for research.Malaria journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
Severe anemia in children is a leading indication for blood transfusion worldwide. Severe anemia, defined by the World Health Organization as a hemoglobin level <5 g/dL, is particularly common throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of data from the Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial offers new insights into the importance of blood transfusion for children with severe anemia. The principal findings of this analysis include the observations that life-threatening anemia in children is a frequent presenting condition in East Africa; that delays in transfusion therapy are lethal; and that inadequate transfusion is probably more common than currently recognized. The findings of this new study highlight the need for changes in blood inventory management in sub-Saharan hospitals and the need for more research on transfusion therapy for children in peril.
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