Fear is the Best Predictor of Vasovagal Reactions Among Blood Donors Researchers interviewed 2,730 whole blood donors at high school community blood drives in Kansas City to evaluate donor reactions. Donors… August 28, 2015
Platelet Markers Associated with Bleeding in Immune Thrombocytopenia Patients Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients have a decreased number of platelets; however, not all patients have severe bleeding. A recently published… August 21, 2015
Platelets Stored for 6 to 7 Days Are Not Inferior to Platelets Stored for 2 to 5 Days for Stable Hematology Patients Bacterial contamination is a major concern for platelets, which limits platelet storage and availability. Platelets are currently stored at room… August 14, 2015
Autologous CD8+ T Cells Inhibit Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Mobilization but Enhance Engraftment The collection of sufficient autologous hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) for bone marrow grafts does not always guarantee a successful engraftment. … August 7, 2015
Donor Lymphocytes May Play a Large Role in Transfusion-Associated Graft-Versus-Host Disease Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD) is a rare, but fatal complication of blood transfusions. TA-GVHD occurs when donor lymphocytes, not recognized… July 31, 2015
Larger Trial Needed to Confirm Restrictive versus Liberal Blood Transfusion Policies for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Several large, randomized trials revealed that restrictive transfusion policies are safe for critical care patients and patients who have had… July 24, 2015
Granulocyte Transfusions Decrease the Risk of Infections in Neutropenia Patients Granulocyte transfusions have been increasingly given to hematology-oncology patients with disease-related or therapy-related neutropenia to prevent and treat bacterial and… July 10, 2015
Plasma Transfusions in the United States As part of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III), plasma transfusion records from 10 US hospitals during… June 26, 2015
Human Virome Can Be Profiled with a Drop of Blood Researchers from Harvard University have developed a high-throughput method called VirScan to detect infections from >200 viral species including 1000… June 12, 2015
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Platelet Transfusion Data In the United States, over two million patients receive platelet transfusions each year either prophylactically to reduce the risk of… May 29, 2015
