Partial or dilutional exchange transfusion, done for polycythemia, consists of removing whole blood and replacing it milliliter for milliliter with albumin, plasma, or normal saline to lower the ...

6. Before an exchange transfusion, one may consider an albumin infusion (1 g/kg), especially if the serum albumin is low (<3.4g/dL); and/or immune globulin (IVIG) when the hyperbilirubinemia is ...

These risks include: frequent febrile non–hemolytic transfusion reactions ... Fibrinogen–coated albumin microcapsules reduce bleeding in severely thrombocytopenic rabbits.

As the number of blood donors decreases, it will become more difficult in the future to secure blood for transfusion ... encasing it in a protein called albumin. Moreover, Professor Komatsu's ...