An exchange transfusion is a medical procedure that’s done by removing and replacing your blood with blood or plasma from a donor. This is done by using a catheter to transport blood into your body.

A systematic review and meta-analysis found no clear advantage for automated red cell exchange. For patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), exchange transfusion has benefits over simple transfusion ...

Cross-circulation was performed without anticoagulants through silastic-Teflon arteriovenous forearm cannulas, 7 which were interconnected artery to vein during cross-circulation by an 80-cm. length ...

The Spectra Optia Apheresis System (Terumo BCT) is an apheresis and cell collection platform which can be used in the treatment of sickle cell disease. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the ...

We compared intra-procedural neonatal pain, agitation and sedation scale (N-PASS) scores between a novel ‘continuous arteriovenous exchange’ (CAVE) and conventional pull-push (PP) techniques of ...

A blood transfusion is a way of adding blood to your body after an illness or injury. If your body is missing one or more of the components that make up healthy blood, a transfusion can help supply ...