Talk:Blood transfusion

Mixed Comments

Please consider adding a section on or cross-reference to the religious concerns and objections to transfusion.

I don't see an article on, or discussion here, of blood exchanges, the procedure in which we replace a patient's blood (at a logarithmic return on new blood). Should we add content to this article to cover it? If so, should we change the name of the article to "Blood transfusion and exchange", or provide a redirect from "Blood exchange"? (New contributor to wikipedia.)--Ojophoyimbo 2006-01-03@21h44m UTC

Needs references to cover the content, added tag.--FloNight 14:08, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

From page with unreferenced tag: This template should only be placed on a talk page or at the bottom of an article, preferably in the empty 'References' section.--FloNight 18:03, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If you put it here, hardly anyone will see it. Just visit Category:Articles lacking sources and you'll see that there are hardly any talk pages listed there. - Karl Stas 22:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"The time required to donate blood is different from the Blood Donation article. Please select a time in common, I would recommend thirty minutes" --JoshNahum 15:12, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)

"7th century"? Is that a typo for "17th century"?

I wondered the same thing when I read that line. --AaronW 23:34, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)

It certainly was! - Nunh-huh 23:36, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)

donors with high risk sexual behaviour

Can we have a definition of this? Or rather, examples of what different countries/medical agencies define as high risk. Is it prostitution, promiscuity, homosexuality, ...? --Joy [shallot] 11:56, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Procedure

Why does the procedure section only cover the donation of the blood and not the actual operation in which a patient recieves it?

Because that is more straightforward. I'll see if I can write a line or two. JFW | T@lk 23:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

At the risk of publishing original research I could not find a reference for giving Lasix with blood in patients with heart failure. JFW | T@lk 23:55, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Type of organ donation"

The only source for this that I can find so far, is in a defense of transfusions by for Witnesses by the AJRWB: http://www.ajwrb.org/science/meal.shtml . As such, this may be a subtle attempt at making a religious statement as opposed to impartial, unbiased, pure knowledge. If anyone can find a non-religious medical source for this, it would be appreciated. -- Avi 19:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article attributes that claim to 'cardiovascular surgeon Denton Cooley'. I don't know what Cooley's personal beliefs are, but he looks to have good medical credentials. I couldn't verify that particular quote, and I'm always wary of short quotes out of context, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if a medical professional said such a thing.

That said, supposing for the sake of argument that he and a dozen other doctors have said such a thing, the way a fact is presented can still make it POV. I don't see that this factoid is particularly useful or notable in any but this particular religious context. If it's going to be brought up, that context should be made clear. It would be appropriate in a section on the JWs' stance on transfusions (maybe this article should have such a section?) but not context-free in the intro paragraph of the article. --Calair 23:16, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Complications of transfusion

Can an informed persion exand this area? Snowman 10:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]