Efficacy of High-Dose G-CSF for Granulocytopenic Patients is Inconclusive Results from the RING study, a randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of granulocyte transfusion therapy in patients with neutropenia,… December 29, 2014
Liberal RBC Transfusions Do Not Increase Mortality It has been hypothesized that blood transfusions may lead to increased risk of subsequent infections, cancer, and possibly death. The… December 19, 2014
VIDEO: Reducing TRALI Risk Today we will be discussing TRALI, or transfusion-related acute lung injury. TRALI accounts for almost half of all transfusion-related fatalities… December 15, 2014
RhD Genotyping for Patients with a Weak D Phenotype The College of American Pathologists (CAP) Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee (TMRC) recently summarized their recommendations for patients with serologic weak… December 12, 2014
VIDEO: Transfusion Medicine and Ebola Virus Disease Hello and welcome to Transfusion News. Today we will be discussing Ebola virus disease, which was a special hot topic… November 30, 2014
New Treatment Options for Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic disorder that causes tissue swelling that can sometimes be life threatening. HAE is… November 26, 2014
Joint Statement to Change the Blood Donation Deferral Policy for MSM The Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA) recommended changing the… November 21, 2014
VIDEO: New Guidelines for Platelet Transfusions from the AABB Today we’ll be discussing a new set of guidelines for platelet transfusions from the AABB. In the United States, over… November 15, 2014
Double-Unit Cord-Blood Transplants Are Not Advantageous Compared to Single-Unit Transplants For over 20 years, umbilical-cord blood has been used in approximately 30,000 hematopoietic stem cell transplants for patients with severe… November 7, 2014
VIDEO: Older Red Blood Cells are Not Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Transfused Cardiac Surgery Patients Today we’ll be discussing the age of red blood cells and the impact on clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery patients…. October 30, 2014
