VIDEO: Transfusion Associated Hyperkalemic Cardiac Arrest in Pediatric Patients Here is Dr. Sesok-Pizzini who wrote an editorial in the journal Transfusion: “Hyperkalemia with regards to transfusion reactions is when… January 14, 2014
VIDEO: Platelet Additive Solution: The Next Generation of Platelet Storage PAS is a buffered salt solution that replaces a portion of the plasma used to store platelets. PAS products have… November 15, 2013
VIDEO: Murine Model for Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn Reported in the journal Blood, researchers have developed the first-ever animal model of HDFN. HDFN is a condition whereby IgG… September 30, 2013
AABB Issues Updated TRALI Risk Reduction Standards The AABB has issued updated standards for blood banks and transfusion servicesto reduce the risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury… August 23, 2013
VIDEO: Antibodies of Undetermined Specificity A recent study has demonstrated that antibodies of undetermined specificity, or AUS, are the most common positive result encountered during… May 15, 2013
VIDEO: Platelet-Mediated Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions and Mitigation Strategies Platelet transfusion plays an important role in the treatment of hematologic cancers. Transfusion services do not always consider ABO donor-recipient plasma… October 15, 2012
Anti-Human Platelet Antigen (HPA)-1a Prophylactic Method to Prevent FNAIT An editorial published in the journal Transfusion, discusses the potential for developing anti-human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a prophylactic methods to prevent… July 20, 2012
FDA Report Shows Decreasing Trend of Transfusion-Related Fatalities An annual report of transfusion fatalities for fiscal year(FY) 2011, released by the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,… July 20, 2012
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