Blood Centers Not Ready to Remove the Phthalate DEHP from Blood Bags Phthalates are plasticizers added to many everyday plastic products to increase its flexibility, transparency, and longevity. However, phthalates are also… February 23, 2022
Updated Transfusion Guidelines for High-Risk Surgery Patients Patient blood management programs use a multimodal approach to conserve blood and simultaneously improve patient outcomes. Transfusion guidelines are central… February 16, 2022
Machine Learning-Based Algorithm to Predict Intraoperative RBC Use during Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic surgery patients have a high risk for hemorrhage and occasionally require massive transfusions, though most patients require 0 to… February 9, 2022
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Early Disease and Preexisting Conditions May Benefit from Convalescent Plasma Understanding which patients with COVID-19 benefit the most from COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) may help determine how convalescent plasma may… February 2, 2022
RBCeq: A Novel, User-Friendly, Algorithm for Genetic Blood Typing About 85 million units of red blood cells (RBCs) are transfused globally, and some patients requiring multiple transfusions are at… January 26, 2022
Variable Transfusion Practices for Bleeding ICU Patients Globally Approximately 40-50% of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) receive blood transfusions. Many studies have focused on bleeding in… January 19, 2022
Plasma Exchange for Hypertriglyceridemic Acute Pancreatitis Acute pancreatitis can be caused by many etiologies including high levels of plasma triglycerides. Hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis (HTGAP) can cause… January 11, 2022
LentiGlobin Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a single point mutation in the β-globin gene and affects around 100,000 people… January 4, 2022
Cost-Effectiveness of Transfusions to Prevent Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Children with Sickle Cell Disease Guidelines published by the American Society of Hematology in 2020 recommend annual transcranial doppler ultrasound (TCD) screening to help identify… December 29, 2021
Outpatient COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Reduces Hospitalizations While more than 500,000 units of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) have been transfused in the United States alone, the use… December 21, 2021
