Population-Based Study in India Helps Refine Hemoglobin Thresholds for Anemia in Children Since hemoglobin thresholds for anemia are currently based on data collected over 50 years ago in Caucasian adults, the WHO… June 2, 2021
RBCs with “Storage Lesions” Are Rapidly Cleared From Circulation and Impact Transfusion Recovery The ability to store red blood cells (RBC) up to 42 days ensures a stable blood supply, and several randomized… May 12, 2021
Sutimlimab, a Monoclonal Antibody, to Treat Cold Agglutinin Disease Cold agglutinin disease is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia that affects 12 per million individuals and is caused by IgM… April 13, 2021
42-Day Old RBCs Deliver Oxygen as Well as 7-Day Old RBCs Many studies have investigated the physiological, biochemical, and structural abnormalities that RBCs acquire during storage, but few have managed to… March 29, 2021
Higher Donor Body Mass Index is Associated with Increased RBC Hemolysis Red blood cell (RBC) donor characteristics, collection, processing, storage, and transfusion have been well studied, but how the factors interact… March 3, 2021
Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Restrictive Transfusion Thresholds for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Restrictive transfusion thresholds have been found to be beneficial for most patients. Anemia, however, is associated with poor outcomes in… February 24, 2021
Higher Hemoglobin Transfusion Thresholds Do Not Improve Outcomes in Preterm Infants Within the last decade, lower hemoglobin transfusion thresholds have been found to be safe and effective for most patient subpopulations. … January 5, 2021
RBC Transfusions Reduce Fatigability in Hospitalized Patients with Anemia In order to determine if red blood cell (RBC) transfusions improve quality of life for hospitalized patients with anemia, researchers… December 1, 2020
Restrictive Transfusion Strategies Safe for Extremely Low Birth-Weight Infants Most extremely low birth-weight (ELBW) infants develop anemia, which can result in severe brain injury and/or impaired oxygen supply to… August 19, 2020
Positive Coombs Tests and RBC Transfusions in Patients with COVID-19 During the early outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy, medical doctors and researchers observed a high frequency of positive direct antiglobulin… August 12, 2020
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