Urgent Global Need of Blood Products The current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend 10-20 blood donations per 1000 individuals, but these guidelines do not take… October 29, 2019
Donor, Blood Component, and Patient Factors all Affect Hemoglobin Levels after RBC Transfusion To better understand the interplay between donor characteristics, blood product preparation and storage, and patient characteristics on the outcome of… October 2, 2019
Immunogenicity of MMR Vaccine in Chronically Transfused Pediatric Patients Both the American Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Canadian immunization guide recommend delaying live vaccine immunizations for… September 10, 2019
Iron Deficiency Toolkit Improves Iron Levels in Pregnancy and Decreases Transfusions About 10% of women and teens of childbearing age have iron deficiency in developed countries. Pregnancy exacerbates the risk of… September 4, 2019
Transfusion Important for Treatment of Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAHA) affects 1 to 3 per 100,000 individuals per year and is the most common type… August 22, 2019
Red Blood Cells Donated by Smokers Associated with Lower Increments Many recent studies have investigated the safety of blood according to donor demographics (e.g. age, sex, genetic polymorphisms) and blood… August 14, 2019
Transfusion of African Children with Severe Anemia In order to better understand when to transfuse children with severe anemia (hemoglobin less than 6 g per deciliter) researchers… August 7, 2019
Is there a Role for Liberal Transfusion Strategies? Based on data from more than 30 clinical trials, the AABB clinical practice guidelines recommend restrictive transfusion thresholds for hemodynamically… July 5, 2019
Experimental Drug Voxelotor for Treatment of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Results from a multicenter, randomized, clinical trial suggests that voxelotor, which inhibits sickle hemoglobin (HbS) polymerization, may be beneficial for… July 3, 2019
RBCs from Female Donors are Not Associated with Increased Mortality among Transfusion Recipients Plasma from female donors is associated with an increased risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI). In order to investigate… June 19, 2019
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