Blood Component Transfusion
"Blood Component Transfusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in PLASMAPHERESIS and types of CYTAPHERESIS; (PLATELETPHERESIS and LEUKAPHERESIS) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor.
| Descriptor ID |
D016913
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.095.135.140
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Component Transfusion- Blood Component Transfusion
- Blood Component Transfusions
- Component Transfusion, Blood
- Component Transfusions, Blood
- Transfusion, Blood Component
- Transfusions, Blood Component
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Clinical outcomes in hospitalized plasma and platelet transfusion recipients prior to and following widespread blood donor SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination. Transfusion. 2024 Jan; 64(1):53-67.