Population-Based Study in India Helps Refine Hemoglobin Thresholds for Anemia in Children Since hemoglobin thresholds for anemia are currently based on data collected over 50 years ago in Caucasian adults, the WHO… June 2, 2021
High Titer Convalescent Plasma Does Not Improve Survival of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 With few treatment options, more than 500,000 patients with COVID-19 were transfused with convalescent plasma in the United States. Observational… May 26, 2021
ABO-incompatible Platelet Transfusions and Platelet Recovery in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage Historically, standard practice has been to provide ABO-compatible platelets when possible. However, since hemolysis is rare after single platelet transfusions… May 18, 2021
RBCs with “Storage Lesions” Are Rapidly Cleared From Circulation and Impact Transfusion Recovery The ability to store red blood cells (RBC) up to 42 days ensures a stable blood supply, and several randomized… May 12, 2021
Tranexamic Acid To Reduce Blood Loss after Cesarean Delivery Tranexamic acid is a common antifibrinolytic drug used to prevent blood loss during surgeries and treat heavy menstrual cycles. Several… May 5, 2021
Should Platelet Donors be Paid? While red blood cell transfusions have decreased over the past several years, platelet transfusions have increased. In an editorial published… April 27, 2021
Antibodies to Platelet Factor 4 are Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia In the fight against SARS-CoV-2, many highly effective vaccines have been rapidly developed with different vectors and spike (S) protein… April 21, 2021
Sutimlimab, a Monoclonal Antibody, to Treat Cold Agglutinin Disease Cold agglutinin disease is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia that affects 12 per million individuals and is caused by IgM… April 13, 2021
Evaluation of PrEP/PEP Deferrals and U.S. House of Representatives Question MSM Deferral Policy for Blood Donors Since 1983, the U.S. FDA has issued exclusionary regulations for blood donations from men who have had sex with other… April 7, 2021
42-Day Old RBCs Deliver Oxygen as Well as 7-Day Old RBCs Many studies have investigated the physiological, biochemical, and structural abnormalities that RBCs acquire during storage, but few have managed to… March 29, 2021
