The transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in PLASMAPHERESIS and types of CYTAPHERESIS; (PLATELETPHERESIS and LEUKAPHERESIS) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor.
Synonyms: Blood Component Transfusion, Component Transfusions, Blood, Transfusions, Blood Component, Blood Component Transfusions, Transfusion, Blood Component, Component Transfusion, Blood
Instance information
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; for transfusion back to donor, coordinate with BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; do not confuse with BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL & its specifics where component is removed but remainder goes back to donor; /adv eff: coordinate with TRANSFUSION REACTION if pertinent ,92
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