FDA Recommends Screening Blood Donors Nationwide for Babesia Babesia microti, a tick-borne parasite similar to malaria, is responsible for the highest percentage of transfusion-related infectious fatalities in the… May 22, 2015
Enzymatic Removal of A- and B-Blood Group Antigenic Determinants To Generate Universal Blood May Be Feasible Matching ABO antigens for RBC transfusions is time consuming and limits inventory. Research now shows how this barrier could be… May 8, 2015
Donor-specific HLA antibodies can be reduced in kidney transplant patients with multiple plasmapheresis procedures Therapeutic plasma exchange reduces donor-specific antibodies in kidney transplant patients; however, there is no consensus for the exact timing and… April 24, 2015
Model Predicts Convalescent Plasma Transfusions Will Save Ebola Patient Lives The World Health Organization has prioritized evaluating convalescent transfusions for the treatment of the Ebola virus disease. The exact therapeutic… April 10, 2015
Fresh Red Blood Cell Transfusions Do Not Improve Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Observational studies have suggested that older red blood cells may negatively affect patient outcomes. Results from a multicenter, randomized, controlled… March 27, 2015
Cardiac Surgery Patients Lose Excessive Amounts of Blood for Perioperative Tests Almost three quarters of cardiac surgery patients at the Cleveland Clinic develop hospital-acquired anemia. In a recently published paper, physicians… March 13, 2015
Pre-Trauma Center Red Blood Cell Transfusions Are Beneficial Exsanguination is the leading cause of death in trauma patients, but there are several strategies to reduce mortality including minimal… February 27, 2015
Cell-Based Therapies and Treatment of Cardiac Disease Cardiac disease is the number one cause of death in the United States and Europe and costs health systems an… February 13, 2015
New Platelet Transfusion Guidelines from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Platelet transfusions for hematology-oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy or stem cell transplants with hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia are common. New platelet transfusion guidelines… February 6, 2015
Randomized Clinical Trial of FFP Transfusion for Coagulopathic Critically Ill Patients Transfusion guidelines recommend using fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) for patients with clotting factor deficiencies during major bleeding events. In addition, FFP… January 23, 2015
