transfusion
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Having returned to the USA, Vonn explained she had a six-hour reconstructive operation on Wednesday, but also needed a blood transfusion as she had "low haemoglobin due to all the blood loss and surgeries".
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
“I got my blood transfusion when I married my wife.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Taking a page from battlefield medicine, Jenkins and some other transfusion experts have proposed “walking blood banks,” in which preidentified donors can be called upon during an emergency to donate whole blood.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
The second time it happened, Harrison experienced life-threatening sepsis and had to travel to a hospital outside her insurance network to receive a blood transfusion, the complaint states.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
One sister might have died had not Woody provided blood by direct transfusion.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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