The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery.
1The first documented human blood transfusion took place in France in 1667.
2Nine patients needed post-operative blood transfusion and 18 had a post-operative fever.
3No patient required a blood transfusion or experienced a postoperative thromboembolic event.
4Secondary outcomes included postoperative blood transfusion, re-exploration rate and postoperative coagulation tests.
5The life-saving procedure is somewhat anticlimactic-it'stechnically similar to a blood transfusion.
6These patients were tested positive for HCV antibody prior to blood transfusion.
7Two patients required blood transfusion for haemorrhage during the relay with heparin.
8After a terrible crash, the unconscious mogul is given a blood transfusion.
9Did you know you can have a total blood transfusion with it?
10However, only a few studies have examined people's risk perception of blood transfusion.
11Last week, Brazil reported its first cases of Zika transmission via blood transfusion.
12Only one patient receiving PKRP treatment required a blood transfusion perioperatively.
13One-third of the children in both groups needed a blood transfusion.
14In addition, it may reduce the need for maternal blood transfusion.
15A prior history of blood transfusion was forthcoming in one of the patients.
16He reportedly contracted HIV from a blood transfusion following heart surgery in 1983.
Translations for blood transfusion