How to Use blood transfusion in a Sentence
blood transfusion
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Similar to the process of a blood transfusion, liquid iron was injected into my arm as a way to increase my body’s iron levels quickly.
— L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2024 -
The first shows Chance, bundled in a white towel, receiving a blood transfusion while lying on a table covered in a blue blanket.
— Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024 -
To save her life, Bruce gives her a blood transfusion and, well…the rest is history.
— Milan Polk, Men's Health, 20 May 2022 -
Of 42 that have been followed long enough, 39 did not need a blood transfusion for at least a year after treatment.
— WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 -
As a nurse, Marcia Purol used her hands to give chemotherapy and blood transfusion.
— Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2022 -
The parasite wrecks the body so quickly that by the time children are taken to the hospital, many are in dire need of a blood transfusion.
— Apoorva Mandavilli Kang-Chun Cheng, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022 -
The typical response would be a blood transfusion, but the local blood bank was empty.
— Simar Bajaj, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024 -
One blood transfusion center in the city of Valladolid even made an urgent plea for donors to give blood because stocks were running low in the heat.
— Rachel Chaundler, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Williams and another nurse prepared the blood transfusion, each confirming that the blood types matched.
— Joseph Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2022 -
Gauthier would need a full blood transfusion during the flight.
— Mark Young, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2021 -
Early in the series, Michael’s mum is informed about a new treatment centre that can reduce the blood transfusion process by half.
— Liv Facey, refinery29.com, 3 July 2024 -
During the procedure, the teen lost 300 milliliters of blood — or about 1¼ cups — requiring a second blood transfusion.
— Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023 -
If bleeding cannot be rapidly controlled with surgery, a blood transfusion may be needed.
— Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 1 July 2024 -
Find out what blood plasma is and how it’s involved in a blood transfusion or other procedures.
— Gagandeep Brar, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Many rumors stemmed from his death, including that he was refused a blood transfusion from a white doctor.
— Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022 -
The attack came after at least six people were killed over the weekend in strikes across Ukraine, including one that hit a blood transfusion center.
— Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023 -
In a regular blood transfusion, patients are given much more blood than this.
— Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022 -
But hepatitis B did not explain all of the cases of hepatitis seen in patients who had a blood transfusion.
— Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 5 Oct. 2020 -
Thirty-seven-year-old Marisa Sprowles was born with hepatitis C, the fallout of a blood transfusion her mother had after knee surgery as a child that had then been passed on to her.
— Jyoti Madhusoodanan/undark, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2020 -
But due to measures like a blood transfusion program that started in the South Texas area in 2020, trauma teams were able to begin working on patients more quickly.
— Erin Pflaumer, CBS News, 25 May 2022 -
Are there any side effects of a blood transfusion during pregnancy?
— Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2020 -
The horrible rumor that the man who helped so many others live died because doctors in a white hospital refused to give him a blood transfusion is false.
— Janel Davis, ajc, 4 Feb. 2022 -
Identifying blood type is important for cats that need to have surgery and may need a blood transfusion, Anderson says.
— Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 23 June 2022 -
How did a young boy who was not a drug user, had not left the state, and never received a blood transfusion contract a virus that wouldn’t be detected in the United States for another decade?
— Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 28 Mar. 2023 -
The announcement was made by his high school coach as Uiagalelei reportedly was sick and needed to receive a blood transfusion.
— oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Just a few minutes from her home, the facility was perfect for her in 2021, even when a complication put her at risk of needing a blood transfusion.
— Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Must be detected early and may require a blood transfusion.
— Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Dec. 2020 -
Drew, a pioneer in blood banking and blood and plasma storage, may have died after being refused a blood transfusion.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Nair said there have been rare cases in which the virus was passed through blood transfusion, organ transplant and from mother to child during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
— Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2021 -
For Atlanticists, most of them aging men but with no shortage of youthful pretenders among them, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been the equivalent of a blood transfusion.
— Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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