An earlier blood transfusion- done when hemoglobin levels were higher - after major general or vascular surgery among people with heart disease was associated with a lower risk of some complications ...

An international clinical trial led by physician Jeffrey L. Carson, distinguished professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, found that a liberal blood transfusion given to ...

For patients with severe blood loss — maybe they’ve been in a car crash, or become a gunshot victim — every minute counts. “They need blood, at the end of the day,” said Tia Olson, a paramedic field ...

Logistical advantages and safety aside, whole-blood transfusion offered no clinical improvement for the treatment of life-threatening hemorrhage in the prehospital setting, the randomized SWiFT trial ...