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blood bank for life

A blood bank is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank".A place where whole blood or plasma is typed, processed, and stored for future use in transfusion. Blood or plasma stored in such a place.A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed since the mid- to late-1990s in response to the potential for cord blood transplants what is a blood banking:- Blood banking, the process of collecting (donation), testing, processing, and storing blood for later use (transfusion), is a cornerstone of emergency and surgical medicine and is dependent on the clinical laboratory for ensuring the safe use of blood and its components. This article provides a glimpse into four key aspects of blood banking:     Donating Blood,     Protecting Supply,  ...

kawasaki Disease in USA

Kawasaki disease (KD), also known as Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome and mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is an autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age. Kawasaki disease mostly affects children of Japanese and Korean descent but can affect all ethnic groups and involves inflammation of the blood vessels in the arteries, especially the coronary arteries.oversharing" can actually be a true help in the face of life-threatening disease. According to the Slate piece, after posting pictures online a friend quickly came to her with an opinion, which ended up being the correct diagnosis of her son's illness.know, that title seems a tad dramatic, but it really is the case that without Facebook, the story could have ended much differently. On Mother’s Day, Kogan awoke to find her son Leo had a fever and a mild rash. Like any concerned mother she took him to a urg...