DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Transfusion (red blood cells and platelets
Red blood cell
Red blood cells (also referred to as erythrocytes) are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues via the blood flow through the circulatory system. They take up oxygen in the lungs or gills and release it while squeezing through the body's capillaries. These cells' cytoplasm is rich in hemoglobin, an iron-containing biomolecule that can bind oxygen and is responsible for the blood's red color. In humans, mature red blood cells are flexible biconcave disks that lack a cell nucleus and most organelles...
Transfusion (red blood cells and platelets - List of case studies
- PANCYTOPENIA OF UNKNOWN PATHOGENESIS
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for pancytopenia of unknown etiology, which required blood transfusions. Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy showed a hypocellular ... maturation); regular (every 4 days) need for transfusion support for red blood cells and ...
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), with kariotype del(11)q(11)
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his already severe weakness. Following are two complete blood count tests from 2007 and 2009: 2007 2009 ... levels, although the platelet count is low enough that a transfusion would be required for surgery. However, a series of alternaties ...
- PANCYTOPENIA OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
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for pancytopenia of unknown etiology, which required blood transfusions. Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy showed a hypocellular bone ... maturation); regular (every 4 days) need for transfusion support for red blood cells and ...
- Pancytopenia of uncertain pathogenesis
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for pancytopenia of unknown etiology, which required blood transfusions. Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy showed a hypocellular bone ... trilinear maturation); regular (every 4 days) need for transfusion support for red blood cells and platelets. In order to ... (left), polypectomy (colon), transfusion (red blood cells and platelets, GRF 2 units ), immunosuppressant ...