transfusion
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The court heard that the child also had sickle cell disease, which complicated the operation and increased the potential need for a blood transfusion.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
After receiving a life-saving blood transfusion last week, her blood values dropped again Saturday, the Ojai Raptor Center, which is treating Jackie, said in a social media post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Big Bear eagle Jackie is in critical condition after a blood transfusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Another died after being given a blood transfusion.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
As he was dying, word spread throughout Hayti that he needed a blood transfusion.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Both boys were from Jehovah's Witness families, who follow strict Biblical rules, and they refused consent to blood transfusions.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
He spent nine days on a ventilator and 18 days on dialysis, during which time doctors gave him blood, platelet and plasma transfusions.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The child, the complaint says, required dialysis and blood transfusions and suffered seizures and decreased pancreatic function.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
After I woke up at the hospital, I needed multiple surgeries, blood transfusions and a partial hysterectomy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Darwin's “gemmule” theory—that hereditary instructions were thrown adrift by all cells and then floated in the blood, like a million messages in bottles—suggested that blood transfusions might transmit gemmules and thereby alter heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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