Restrictive Transfusion Strategy for Cardiac Surgery Patients Previous studies have reported that restrictive transfusion strategies are non-inferior compared to liberal strategies for cardiac surgery patients followed up… August 30, 2018
Novel Method to Expand Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplants can be life saving for many patients, including those with immune disorders, certain types of… August 15, 2018
Plasma Transfusions in Trauma Patients with Short Transport Times Since the US Food and Drug Administration may soon approve freeze-dried or lyophilized plasma, several trials have recently investigated the… August 9, 2018
Plasma Transfused During Transport to Hospital Saves Lives in Trauma Patients Nearly 50,000 Americans die from severe injuries each year, mainly from severe hemorrhage within two hours after the injury…. July 31, 2018
Presence of Cell-free Nucleic Acids in Blood Products Cell-free nucleic acids (CFNAs) are often present in plasma. A new study tested whether CFNAs are also present and active… July 25, 2018
Pathogen Reduction Technologies and Hemostatic Efficacy of Platelets Pathogen reduction technologies (PRTs) for platelets inactivate known and unknown viruses, bacteria, and parasites in addition to inactivating white blood… July 18, 2018
Platelet Counts Decrease during Pregnancy but Severe Thrombocytopenia is Rare Gestational thrombocytopenia affects 5-10% of women with uncomplicated pregnancies. In order to gain a better understanding of the normal… July 10, 2018
Behavior Modifications Support Changes to Restrictive RBC Transfusion Practices Accumulating evidence supports restrictive RBC transfusion practices, and guidelines such as those recently released by the AABB recommend transfusing when… June 27, 2018
Perioperative RBC Transfusions Linked to Increased Risk of Blood Clots Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with 5-10% of all hospital deaths, or about 100,000 to 200,000 deaths each year in… June 20, 2018
Risk of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Dependent on Apheresis Device Used to Collect Allogeneic Stem Cells The composition of stem cell grafts can affect the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), time to engraftment, and relapse for… June 13, 2018
