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Blood Component Transfusion

Medical Definition:	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.
Guide Notes:	GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; for transfusion back to donor, coord IM with BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS (NIM); do not confuse with BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL & its specifics where component is removed but remainder goes back to donor; read MeSH defi
Previously Indexed:	Blood Transfusion (1974-1991)

Blood Component Transfusion Categories.

	Erythrocyte Transfusion - The transfer of erythrocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor.
	Leukocyte Transfusion - The transfer of leukocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor.
	Platelet Transfusion - The transfer of blood platelets from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor.

Blood Component Transfusion Medical Definitions and Terms

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