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transfusion

the injection of blood, blood plasma, etc., into the blood vessels of a patient
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transfusion

[tranz′fyü·zhən]
(medicine)
The administration of blood, or one of its components, as a part of treatment.
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This complication can occur during or before birth due to maternal/placental problems, such as placental abruption or cord prolapse, or due to fetal/newborn issues, such as asphyxia due to labor difficulties, infection, fetal-maternal bleeding or twin-to-twin transfusion.
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Evolution of stage 1 twin-to-twin transfusion sydrome (TTTS): Systematic review and meta-analysis.
IKIZDEN IKIZE TRANSFUZYON SENDROMU (TTTS) NEDENIYLE UYGULANAN AMNIYODRENAJ SONRASI ABLASYO PLASENTA GELISIMI/ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE AFTER AMNIOREDUCTION IN TWIN-TO-TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME (TTTS)
Stillbirth is mainly attributed to placental insufficiency and foetal growth restriction.9 Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is one of the most serious complications of the monochorionic multiple gestation.
Twin chorionicity and prospective stillbirth risk: experience at a tertiary care hospital
The other complications inherent to twinning are discordant growth of twin, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, acardiac twins, death of one foetus in utero, and congenital anomalies.
Maternal and perinatal outcome in twin pregnancies
The shared placenta places these pregnancies at increased risk for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a fetal-placental imbalance in which one twin "transfuses" the other.
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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: a comprehensive update.
Fetofetal transfusion syndrome: a comprehensive look at the disease/Sindrome de transfusion feto fetal: una mirada global a la enfermedad/Sindrome de transfusao feto no feto: um olhar mais abrangente sobre a doenca
Monochorionic twin-to-twin transfusion syndromes are treated with fetoscopic laser coagulation.
Selective Fetoscopic Laser Photocoagulation (SFLP) for twin to twin transfusion syndrome
I concluded the babies had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
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She and her partner Anthony Willoughby found out 20 weeks into her pregnancy that her babies had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, meaning one was getting more blood than the other.
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Neurodevel-opmental risks in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: preliminary findings.
Twin twin transfusion syndrome/Sindrome de transfusao fetofetal/Sindrome de transfusion fetofetal
They were born by emergency section after a scan showed the dangerous twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, which meant the babies were receiving unequal nutrients from the placenta.
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Discordant growth is influenced by gestational age at delivery, actual birth weight, gender discordance, chorionicity, growth restriction, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, and birth order [3].
Degree and rate of growth discordance in dichorionic twins conceived by in vitro fertilization

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