transfusion

Example Sentences

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At one point since the crash, Vonn said, she received a blood transfusion to raise her hemoglobin levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Faced with the choice between receiving a lifesaving transfusion from a volunteer donor who tested negative for HIV and hepatitis C two months ago or else bleeding to death, I’ll take the blood.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

The second time it happened, Harrison experienced life-threatening sepsis and had to travel to a hospital outside her insurance network to receive a blood transfusion, the complaint states.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

The network desperately needed something fresh – not just a facelift, but a full blood transfusion.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

Dr. Musoke abandoned his efforts to give his patient a blood transfusion for fear that the patient would bleed to death out of the small hole in his arm.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston