Personalized Prediction Model of Prophylactic Platelet Transfusions for Preterm Infants International transfusion guidelines based on one large randomized controlled trial for preterm infants with severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 50… September 24, 2025
Caffeine in Donor Blood Reduces Quality of Stored RBCs Caffeine, one of the most consumed psychoactive substances worldwide, is a non-selective antagonist of adenosine receptors, including ADORA2B expressed on… September 16, 2025
Ferritin Levels Needed to Assess Hemoglobin Recovery after Blood Donation Repeat blood donors are at risk of developing iron deficiency. Premenopausal women lose, on average, 60% of their total iron… September 10, 2025
High Variability in ICU Transfusion Practices Globally The International Point Prevalence Study of Intensive Care Unit Transfusion Practices (InPUT) is a prospective cohort study that included 3643… October 18, 2023
Concizumab Lowers Rate of Bleeding in Hemophilia Patients with Inhibitors While current guidelines for treating patients with hemophilia A or B recommend intravenous factor VIII or IX concentrates, many patients… September 6, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Titers and Qualifying Donors for Convalescent Plasma With no vetted therapies or vaccines for COVID-19 and almost a million confirmed cases in the United States alone, the… April 29, 2020
VIDEO: Risk Factors for Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Today we will be discussing fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, also referred to as NAIT, which affects about 1 in… January 15, 2016
VIDEO: Cardiac Surgery in Patients who Refuse Transfusion is Not More Costly Today we will be discussing cardiac surgery patients who refuse transfusions, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Although the transfusion rate varies… December 15, 2015
VIDEO: Daily Iron Supplements Decrease Iron Absorption Today we will be discussing the best way to treat iron deficiency anemia which affects at least one billion people… November 30, 2015
VIDEO: Blood Donor Lead Levels and Concern for Infants and Children Today we will be discussing lead levels in blood donors. Babies and young children are particularly susceptible to the neurotoxic… November 15, 2015