RBC Transfusions Are Best for Anemic Patients with Breast Cancer Many breast cancer patients are anemic due to either their treatment or disease. Researchers examined whether erythropoietin-stimulating agents such as… February 17, 2016
Blood from Younger Donors Does Not Affect Patient Survival after Transfusion Animal studies suggest blood from young donors may have rejuvenating effects for older patients. In a matched cohort study, researchers… February 10, 2016
Septic Transfusion Reactions are More Common than Previously Thought In the United States, more than 2 million platelet transfusions are administered each year to treat thrombocytopenia or impaired platelet… February 3, 2016
Zika Virus Outbreak Close to Home The Zika arbovirus is spread by Aedes mosquitoes. First identified in Ugandan primates in 1947, the first large Zika virus… January 29, 2016
Time Constraints Deter Blood Donors In an attempt to better understand deterrents to donating blood, almost 2,000 blood donors in Quebec were surveyed.Although answers varied… January 22, 2016
Lower Hemoglobin Transfusion Thresholds are Safe in Hematology Oncology Patients Large, randomized trials have shown that restrictive versus liberal transfusions are safe for a variety of patient groups. However, little… January 8, 2016
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Data presented at the 57th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition in December in Orlando, Florida suggests that… December 29, 2015
Age of Red Blood Cells Does Not Affect Lactic Acidosis Although a recent meta-analysis of randomized trials has reported no difference in adverse events based on the age of the… December 11, 2015
Transfusion of Older Red Blood Cells Do Not Effect Long Term Survival of Cardiac Surgery Patients Although stored red blood cells (RBC) undergo many physiological and morphological changes, results from at least two randomized trials have… November 13, 2015
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is not Transmitted through Transfusions Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL), a precursor of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), can be present in healthy blood donors. This raises… November 6, 2015
