Gift of life not taken by givers.Gift of life not taken by givers Although it is safer for patients awaiting elective surgery elective surgery Surgery Any operation that can be performed with advanced planning–eg, cholecystectomy, hernia repair, colonic resection, coronary artery bypass todonate their own blood for use after surgery, very few are taking advantage of this blood-banking procedure, called autologous donation Autologous donation Blood donated for the donor's own use. Mentioned in: Blood Donation and Registry . A national survey of nearly 5,000 surgery patients at 18 university hospitals during January and February 1986 found that only 5 percent of the 590 patients considered eligible for autotransfusion donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. their own blood. In addition, a report on the survey, published in the Feb. 26 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. , suggests that perhaps 10 percent of the hospitals' blood supply used during the test period could have been saved by using autotransfusion. Recognizing that not all hospitals are yet equipped forprocessing a patient's own blood donated for his or her surgery, authors of the report still stress that the procedure should be encouraged by more physicians. In addition to saving blood for emergency cases, autologous donation can minimize the danger of acquiring diseases like AIDS and hepatitis through transfusion Transfusion Definition Transfusion is the process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient). . |
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