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Red Blood Cell Transfusion Increases Platelet Aggregation in Anemic Patients

In the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Silvain and colleagues report that RBC transfusion increased platelet reactivity in…

January 3, 2014

VIDEO: Fresher Blood and Blood Bank Inventory Management

Additive solutions and processing procedures permit red cells to have a shelf-life of 42 days. However, red cells stored over time…

December 15, 2013

New Anemia Treatment Guidelines for Patients with Heart Disease

In Annuals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) announced new guidelines on the treatment of anemia in…

December 13, 2013

Pre-Hospital Transfusion Reduces Risk of Death and Improves Coagulation Status in Trauma Patients

An abstract presented by John Holcomb and colleagues at the 2013 American Heart Association Meeting in November showed that pre-hospital…

December 6, 2013

Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Plays Important Role in Red Cell Development

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) may play an important physiologicaland functional role in red cell development, according to a new…

July 11, 2013

VIDEO: 30-Minute Rule For RBC Temperature Control May Be Too Restrictive

A study published in TRANSFUSION has found that exposure of red cell units to 30 degrees Celsius for up to…

June 30, 2013

VIDEO: Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Platelet Transfusions

A trial which randomized 600 haematological cancer patients to receive or not to receive prophylactic platelet transfusions showed that prophylactic…

June 14, 2013

Novel Surgical Schedules Developed to Optimize Preoperative Blood Ordering

A study suggests that blood utilization data from an electronic anesthesia information management system can be used to assess institutional…

June 7, 2013

VIDEO: Association of Blood Storage Duration and Mortality Remains Unclear

A randomized trial published in the journal Blood utilized a dog model to show that transfusion of 42-day old blood…

April 29, 2013

VIDEO: Monthly Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent May be Effective in Treating Anemia among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Two sets of recent randomized trials have demonstrated that peginesatide, a second generation ESA, may be effective in treating anemia…

February 28, 2013

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