Friday, 17 February 2012

Blood Transfusion


Blood transfusion is the transfer of blood from a donor into the recipient's bloodstream (recipient). Another definition is a pile of work processes to move blood from healthy people to sick people.

Blood is composed of the components of erythrocyte, leukocyte, thrombocyte and plasma that contains clotting factors.. Providing the necessary blood components can only be justified rather than giving a complete whole-blood, this principle is emphasized again the importance in the field of pediatrics because of the baby or growing child need not be disturbed imunologisnya system by antigens that are not needed. Giving whole blood only performed on indication of anemia after acute bleeding and transfusion rates.

Techniques of blood transfusion was found on June 3, 1667, for the first time in the history of medicine and surgery, doctors Frenchman, Jean Baptist Denis managed to perform blood transfusions. The first successful operation of blood transfusion is a big leap in medical science because previously, many patients who have lost their lives due to lack of blood

Treatment with transfusions is recognized and accepted in the medical world, after Karel Landsteiner discovered blood groups A, B, AB and O in 1940 and this is the benchmark used until now in the world.

Blood plasma separation technique was found June 3, 1904, Charles Richard Drew, a physician finder separation techniques and preservation of blood plasma, was born into the world in the city of Washington DC He is studying medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. In 1938, Drew received a scholarship to continue her education at Columbia Univesity, New York, where he did research on the various problems that are found in blood transfusion. During the study, he found that blood plasma or liquid that contains no blood cells, can be dried and stored for a long time without experiencing damage.. Charles Drew's great discovery was received from the world inetrnasional and in 1939, Drew received funding from the Association of Blood Transfusion and blood storage bank he opened at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.. In 1940, Charles Drew received his doctorate and became the first black U.S. citizens who receive this title Charles Drew died in a car accident in 1950.

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