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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

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