Blood Transfusions Reduce Mortality in Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia Simple and exchange blood transfusions are standard care for prevention of recurrent strokes in patients with sickle cell anemia. Blood… May 11, 2016
Malaria and Viruses Common among Travelers from Tropical and Subtropical Areas Malaria is the most common cause of fever in travelers returning from tropical and subtropical areas. In order to better… May 4, 2016
Pathogen Reduction Decreases Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria in Ghana Sub-Saharan African carries the heaviest burden of malaria and transfusion transmitted infections. In Ghana, approximately 50% of blood donors are… April 27, 2016
Chikungunya Positive Blood Donations During Puerto Rico Epidemic The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), normally spread by Aedes mosquitoes, is now in the Western Hemisphere. Several CHIKV epidemics have been… April 20, 2016
T cell Mediated Platelet Refractoriness Patients who are refractory to platelet transfusion are a challenge for transfusion services. Platelet refractoriness has historically been attributed to… April 13, 2016
Recombinant Thrombomodulin for Treatment of Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) encompasses several overlapping clinical syndromes with different etiologies, based on a common pathologic lesion; TMA symptoms include… April 7, 2016
Zika Epidemic in Americas Began with Single Introduction in 2013 The Zika virus is a single stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family transmitted primary by Aedes mosquitoes, although other… March 30, 2016
Cryopreserved Platelets are Hemostatically Functional in Vitro Inventory and storage of cryopreserved platelets (CPP) would be simple in comparison to platelets that are normally stored at room… March 23, 2016
Fresh Red Blood Cells May Be Associated with Mortality Depending on How They Are Processed Before Transfusion Several recent trials have determined that transfusion of older red blood cells (RBC) are not associated with adverse outcomes. However,… March 16, 2016
Severe Anemia Is Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis, not RBC Transfusions Necrotizing enterocolitis is the leading cause of mortality in preterm infants. Although there is conflicting evidence, red blood cell (RBC)… March 9, 2016
