A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is currently a professor and vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. He is an active physician and specializes in critical care medicine. During his career, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has conducted studies on the safety and effectiveness of blood transfusions.
A blood transfusion is a process in which a patient receives blood from a donor. It usually occurs through a tube that is connected to a vein in a patient’s arm. A blood transfusion may be necessary during a procedure or a disease. Blood is composed of red blood cells which carry oxygen through the body, white blood cells which assist the body in fighting infection, plasma which is the liquid component of the blood, and platelets that contribute to the clotting process. In most blood transfusion procedures, only particular components of blood are used, but in some cases all the components of blood are transferred. A person can only receive blood from others that is of a compatible type, otherwise a complication may occur, such as an acute immune hemolytic reaction. In this reaction, the body has an immune reaction to the transfused blood components. This may lead to kidney damage.
0 Comments
|
AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
June 2022
Categories
All
|