| DH | daily habits; day hospital; dehydrocholate; dehydrogenase; delayed hypersensitivity; dermatitis herp... |
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| DHR | delayed hypersensitivity reaction; Department of Human Resources |
| DHS | delayed hypersensitivity; diabetic hyperosmolar state; duration of hospital stay; dynamic hip screw |
| DLE | delayed light emission; dialyzable leukocyte extract; discoid lupus erythematosus; disseminated lupu... |
| DPC | delayed primary closure; desaturated phosphatidylcholine; diethylpyrocarbonate; direct patient care;... |
| indirect transfusion | Transfusion into a patient of blood previously obtained from a donor and stored in a suitable container. Synonym: mediate transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intrauterine transfusion | To treat erythroblastosis foetalis, Rh-negative blood is placed into the peritoneal cavity of the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total transfusion | Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transfusion | <haematology> The introduction of whole blood or blood component directly into the blood stream. Compare: infusion. Origin: L. Transfusio (18 Nov 1997) |
| transfusion hepatitis | A virus disease with a long incubation period (usually 50 to 160 days), caused by hepatitis B virus, a DNA virus and member of the family Hepadnoviridae, usually transmitted by injection of infected blood or blood derivatives or by use of contaminated needles, lancets, or other instruments; clinically and pathologically similar to viral hepatitis type A, but there is no cross-protective immunity; HBsAg is found in the serum and the hepatitis delta virus occurs in some patients. Synonym: hepatitis B, serum hepatitis, transfusion hepatitis, virus B hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transfusion nephritis | Renal failure and tubular damage resulting from the transfusion of incompatible blood; the haemoglobin of the haemolyzed red cells is deposited as casts in the renal tubules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transfusion reaction | A reaction to a blood transfusion secondary to some incompatibility in type, RH factor or other surface antigens. May be manifest by haemolytic anaemia, heart failure, and-or renal failure. Symptoms include facial flushing, angioedema, headache, wheezing, anaphylaxis, shock, fever, chills and breathing difficulty. (27 Sep 1997) |
| erythrocyte transfusion | The transfer of erythrocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| twin-twin transfusion | Direct vascular anastomosis, arterial or venous, between the placental circulations of twins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exchange transfusion | Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exchange transfusion, whole blood | Repetitive withdrawal of small amounts of blood and replacement with donor blood until a large proportion of the blood volume has been exchanged. Used in treatment of foetal erythroblastosis, hepatic coma, sickle cell anaemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, septicaemia, burns, thrombotic thrombopenic purpura, and fulminant malaria. (12 Dec 1998) |
| exsanguination transfusion | Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fetofetal transfusion | <biology>Passage of blood from one foetus to another via an arteriovenous communication or other shunt, in a monozygotic twin pregnancy. It results in anaemia in one twin and polycythemia in the other. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fetomaternal transfusion | <biology> Transplacental passage of foetal blood into the circulation of the maternal organism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leukocyte transfusion | The transfer of leukocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor. (12 Dec 1998) |