Increased Risk of Myocardial Ischemia and Death in Severely Anemic Patients who Decline Transfusions Increased cardiac output can aid oxygen delivery in patients with mild anemia. When a critical hemoglobin (Hb) concentration is reached… October 10, 2018
Cryopreserved Platelets Are Safe and Prevent Bleeding Cryopreservation of platelets could drastically simplify storage of platelets, especially for difficult locations such as combat zones, trauma centers, and… September 26, 2018
Red Cell Exchange for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: an AABB Report The Therapeutic Apheresis Subsection of the AABB, composed of 15 practicing apheresis physicians from 14 institutions, recently summarized how they… September 12, 2018
Presence of Cell-free Nucleic Acids in Blood Products Cell-free nucleic acids (CFNAs) are often present in plasma. A new study tested whether CFNAs are also present and active… July 25, 2018
Risk of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Dependent on Apheresis Device Used to Collect Allogeneic Stem Cells The composition of stem cell grafts can affect the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), time to engraftment, and relapse for… June 13, 2018
WBC Alloimmunization Infrequent in Granulocyte Transfusions Neutropenia is characterized by abnormally low counts of neutrophils and is a common condition among patients receiving chemotherapy or hematopoietic… May 16, 2018
Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload (TACO) Difficult to Diagnosis in Children Transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO) is currently one of the leading causes of transfusion-related deaths even though it is often underdiagnosed… March 28, 2018
Anemia During Pregnancy Increases the Risk of RBC Transfusions After Delivery for New Moms Fifteen to thirty percent of pregnant women are diagnosed with anemia (hemoglobin [Hb] less than 11.0 g/dL) and are at… February 14, 2018
RBC Transfusions for Palliative Care Patients Palliative care is a proactive and personalized approach for improving physical and spiritual problems in terminally ill patients. Cancer patients… January 9, 2018
Characteristics of Transfusion Recipients in the United States The Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) has gathered detailed information on both inpatient and outpatient transfusions over the… November 29, 2017
