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RBC Transfusion

Survival for Non-Trauma Patients Transfused with High Ratios of Plasma to Red Blood Cells

Although numerous studies have reported improved survival for trauma patients transfused with higher ratios of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) compared…

March 22, 2017

Patients with Hematologic Cancers Have Lower Rates of Alloimmunization with RhD

Over 20% of RhD-negative non-oncology patients exposed to RhD-positive red blood cells (RBCs) become alloimmunized to the RhD antigen. In…

February 22, 2017

Postpartum Hemorrhage and Predelivery Anemia are Risk Factors for Severe Postpartum Anemia after Cesarean Sections

Cesarean sections are one of the most common surgical operations. Postpartum anemia is a prevalent side-effect, and has been linked…

February 1, 2017

Red Cells Stored Longer than Five Weeks May be Harmful

AABB’s clinical practice guidelines recently stated that transfusion of fresh red blood cells (RBCs) compared to standard issue RBCs have…

December 21, 2016

Standard Issue RBCs are Equivalent to Fresh RBCs for Transfusion

Results of the Informing Fresh versus Old Red Cell Management (INFORM) trial have recently been presented at the AABB annual…

October 27, 2016

Massive Transfusion Protocols Vary Among U.S. Hospitals

Over the past several years, clinical studies have shown that blood transfused early and quickly can reduce mortality in severe…

October 19, 2016

New AABB Guidelines for Red Blood Cell Storage and Transfusion Thresholds

The AABB has recently published updated guidelines for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion thresholds and the optimal length of storage….

October 13, 2016

New Techniques Identify Oxidative Lesions on Stored RBCs

Stored red blood cells (RBCs) undergo morphologic and biochemical changes with time. In a recently published study in Blood, researchers…

September 28, 2016

Surveys Report Fewer Blood Collections and Transfusions in 2013

The AABB Blood Collection, Utilization, and Patient Blood Management Survey and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National…

September 7, 2016

Association of Increased Death in Transfusion Recipients from Young or Female Donors

In an observational cohort study over seven years, 30,503 red blood cells (RBC) transfusion recipients who received close to 188,000…

July 20, 2016

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