Behavior Modifications Support Changes to Restrictive RBC Transfusion Practices Accumulating evidence supports restrictive RBC transfusion practices, and guidelines such as those recently released by the AABB recommend transfusing when… June 27, 2018
Perioperative RBC Transfusions Linked to Increased Risk of Blood Clots Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with 5-10% of all hospital deaths, or about 100,000 to 200,000 deaths each year in… June 20, 2018
Transfusion Dependence for Leukemia Patients Shortens Hospice Stay Approximately 25,000 individuals in the United States die annually from leukemia. These individuals often require transfusions; however, hematologic oncologists have… June 6, 2018
Universal Donor Red Blood Cells Can Be Genetically Engineered Using CRISPR Gene Editing Alloimmunization commonly affects 2-5% of all transfusion recipients and approximately 30% of chronically transfused patients with sickle-cell disease. Since ABO… May 2, 2018
Costs are High for Administrating Blood Transfusions A recent micro-costing study in the United Kingdom suggests administration costs are high for blood transfusions. Researchers collected detailed data… April 11, 2018
Transfusion Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Have Increased Risk of Alloimmunization Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is an autosomal dominate disorder characterized by arteriovenous malformations. In patients… March 7, 2018
RBC and Plasma Transfusions Continue to Decline among US Hospitalizations Based on data from the National Inpatient Sample from 1993 through 2014, hospitalized patients receiving at least one unit of… February 27, 2018
Anemia During Pregnancy Increases the Risk of RBC Transfusions After Delivery for New Moms Fifteen to thirty percent of pregnant women are diagnosed with anemia (hemoglobin [Hb] less than 11.0 g/dL) and are at… February 14, 2018
Alloimmunization to One RBC Antigen Triggers Alloimmunization to Other RBC Antigens The risk of alloimmunization to polymorphic RBC antigens is high for individuals who undergo chronic transfusion therapy. Researchers recently utilized… January 31, 2018
Global Variations in Blood Safety and Availability Based on WHO Report Every two years since 1998 the World Health Organization (WHO) has collected data on blood safety and availability. The WHO… January 24, 2018
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