Preoperative Transfusion Beneficial for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease A multicenter randomized trial suggests that preoperative transfusion is associated with decreased perioperative complications among patients with sickle cell disease… February 22, 2013
More Effective Tracking Mechanisms Needed for Transplanted Tissue A recent editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association argues that more effective tracking mechanisms for transplanted… February 22, 2013
Factor VIII Product and Inhibitor Development in Patients with Severe Hemophilia A A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that recombinant and plasma derived factor VIII products led… February 8, 2013
WHO May Add Blood to Model List of Essential Medicines An application to include whole blood and red cells on the World Health Organization’s “Model List of Essential Medicines” has… January 25, 2013
Geostatistical Modeling Study Evaluates Global Distribution of Sickle Hemoglobin A geostatistical modeling study published in the journal The Lancet provides an updated understanding of the global epidemiology of the… January 25, 2013
Mixed Evidence On Cell Therapy For Ischemic Heart Disease Two recent randomized trials published in the Journal of the American Medical Association have reported diverging results regarding the safety… January 11, 2013
Pathogen-Reduction May Help Prevent Alloimmune Platelet Refractoriness Researchers from the University of Washington and Puget Sound Blood Center have demonstrated that pathogen-reduction may be an effective method… January 4, 2013
Albumin/Fresh Frozen Plasma Combination May be Effective for Plasma Exchange of TTP Patients Researchers from the North Shore LIJ Health System have demonstrated that a combination of 5% albumin and fresh frozen plasma… January 4, 2013
Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion May Help Avert Bleeding Researchers from the United Kingdom and Australia have found that patients not receiving prophylactic platelet transfusions may be at higher… December 28, 2012
Matrix-Assisted Laser Deabsorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Shows Promise for Blood Group Genotyping A collaborative project between researchers in Switzerland and Germany suggests that matrix-assisted laser deabsorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF… December 21, 2012
