Updated Transfusion Guidelines for High-Risk Surgery Patients Patient blood management programs use a multimodal approach to conserve blood and simultaneously improve patient outcomes. Transfusion guidelines are central… February 16, 2022
Machine Learning-Based Algorithm to Predict Intraoperative RBC Use during Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic surgery patients have a high risk for hemorrhage and occasionally require massive transfusions, though most patients require 0 to… February 9, 2022
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Early Disease and Preexisting Conditions May Benefit from Convalescent Plasma Understanding which patients with COVID-19 benefit the most from COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) may help determine how convalescent plasma may… February 2, 2022
RBCeq: A Novel, User-Friendly, Algorithm for Genetic Blood Typing About 85 million units of red blood cells (RBCs) are transfused globally, and some patients requiring multiple transfusions are at… January 26, 2022
Variable Transfusion Practices for Bleeding ICU Patients Globally Approximately 40-50% of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) receive blood transfusions. Many studies have focused on bleeding in… January 19, 2022
Plasma Exchange for Hypertriglyceridemic Acute Pancreatitis Acute pancreatitis can be caused by many etiologies including high levels of plasma triglycerides. Hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis (HTGAP) can cause… January 11, 2022
LentiGlobin Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a single point mutation in the β-globin gene and affects around 100,000 people… January 4, 2022
