Restrictive Transfusions Threshold Safe for Cardiac Surgery Patients While a restrictive transfusion strategy has been advocated for most patients, a restrictive approach for cardiac surgery patients may put… November 22, 2017
Genetic Variation in the Fc-gamma Receptor Gene is Associated with Protection against RBC Alloimmunization Genetic variation in the Fc-ɣ receptor gene has been shown to be associated with some auto- and alloimmune diseases. Researchers… November 16, 2017
Rapid Transfusions after Combat Causalities Improves Chances of Survival Since bleeding is a major cause of death in combat causalities and civilian trauma cases, researchers recently examined the association… November 1, 2017
Trying to Decipher Relationship between Previously Pregnant Donors and RBC Transfusion-related Mortality Although blood from previously pregnant female donors has been shown to be associated with transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI), the… October 25, 2017
US Blood Supply at Risk—Blood Collection Agencies under Financial Stress Blood collection centers in the United States have been providing a safe, reliable, and stable source of blood to hospitals… October 18, 2017
Red Blood Cells Stored for More Than 35 Days are Safe One of the major controversies in transfusion medicine has been whether red blood cell (RBC) storage lesions result in increased… October 11, 2017
Systematic Review Recommends Standard Ratios of Blood Products for Massive Transfusion Observational studies have suggested that higher ratios of plasma and platelets to red blood cells (RBCs) might lead to better… July 26, 2017
Study Shows Fewer Blood Donations and Transfusions in 2015 Results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey (NBCUS) in the United… June 21, 2017
Higher Hematocrit Levels Are Associated with Increased Thrombosis Risk and Reduced Bleeding A growing number of recent studies have observed an association between elevated hematocrit levels and thrombosis. However, the mechanism behind… May 10, 2017
Early Administration of Tranexamic Acid Reduces Maternal Deaths Due to Bleeding Administration of tranexamic acid, an antifibrinolytic drug, has been shown to reduce bleeding in trauma and surgery patients. The results… May 3, 2017
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