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Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Do Not Improve Ankle Osteoarthritis

Ankle (tibiotalar) osteoarthritis affects approximately 3.4% of adults and is associated with a reduced quality of life.  Effective non-surgical treatments…

November 17, 2021

Benefits and Harms of Whole Blood versus Component Blood Transfusions Remain Unclear

Transfusions may be in the form of whole blood (WB) or blood components (BC).  Blood components include red blood cells,…

November 9, 2021

Red Blood Cells May Act as Immune Sentinels

Anucleated red blood cells (RBCs) are essential for delivery of oxygen throughout the body but have been considered immunologically inert. …

November 1, 2021

Pathogen Reduced Platelets are Non-Inferior to Conventional Platelets for Hematology Patients

Results for the PIPER Phase 4 study of psoralen-UVA pathogen reduced platelets (PRPC) (Cerus Corporation) following transfusion were recently presented…

October 28, 2021

Cold Storage Affects Platelet Function and Glycoprotein VI Levels

Maintaining an adequate supply of platelets is laborious and costly since they can only be stored for 5 to 7…

October 20, 2021

RBC Transfusions and Alloimmunization in Patients Taking Daratumumab

Daratumumab (Dara), an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015 for use…

October 12, 2021

Fear and Anxiety Associated with Attrition of First-Time Donors

In order to tease apart whether fear and anxiety in first-time blood donors actually led to fewer return donations, researchers…

October 6, 2021

RBC and Plasma Transfusions Decreased in the U.S. (2015-2018)

Blood transfusions are one of the most common medical procedures in hospitalized patients, and robust data from randomized clinical trials…

September 28, 2021

REDS-III Study Highlights Need for Pediatric Oncology Transfusion Guidelines

  Pediatric hematology/oncology patients receive a significant proportion of pediatric transfusions.  Data, however, are limited guiding clinical decisions for transfusions…

September 22, 2021

Transfusion Outcomes in Very-Low-Birth Weight Infants Associated with Donor Sex and Age

Blood donor characteristics may affect transfusion outcomes, but data are conflicting.  In order to investigate the association of donor sex…

September 15, 2021

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