The purpose of this primer is to broaden the awareness of health care practitioners in terms of the risks versus benefits of blood transfusions, their economics, and alternative treatments.
The purpose of this paper is to report long-term results on the use of autologous bone graft and platelet-rich plasma in alveolar distraction osteogenesis (DO) for restoration of severe atrophic mandible.
In this narrative review, we summarize clinical manifestations of COVID-19, mechanisms, monitoring considerations, and anticoagulant therapy. We also review unique considerations for COVID-19 patients who are on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.