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Rationale: Sepsis has been classified by the World Health Organization as a “global health priority.” It has been estimated that ~50% of patients with sepsis due to Gram-negative bacteria will dev ...

Hyperkalemia is a serious concern in the treatment of combat casualties as it is a common complication of acute kidney injury, which prevents the excretion of excessive plasma potassium released from ...

Over 2.7 million units of plasma are transfused annually in the United States mainly to treat trauma, shock, burn injury, and emergency surgery. Plasma from AB individuals, often referred to as univer ...

Packed red blood cellpRBCtransfusions save livesHoweverhundreds of thousands of non hemolytic transfusion reactions occur each year worldwideranging from mild fever and pruritisto serious lifethreaten ...

Packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions save lives. However, hundreds of thousands of non-hemolytic transfusion reactions occur each year worldwide, ranging from mild fever and pruritis, to serious ...

Hyperkalemia will clearly continue to be a concern in the treatment of combat casualties. The risk of death from hyperkalemia-induced cardiac arrhythmias is significant in the absence of renal replace ...

Certain species of fungi produce mycotoxins, which can cause acute toxicity and even death in human that either have been, or potentiallycould be, used by bioterroists as weapons of mass destruction. ...

Plasma from AB donors is considered universal as it can be transfused regardless of recipient blood type and is frequently used to rapidly resuscitate massively bleeding hospital trauma patients and w ...

Acute exposure to mycotoxins can lead to systemic toxicity and even death. With no specific treatment available, aflatoxin and trichothecene T-2toxin, in particular, are of concern as potential biolog ...

The ready availability of universal donor plasma to rapidly treat massively bleeding hospital trauma patients and warfighters with combat casualties is a key element of current recommendations for tra ...