Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Data presented at the 57th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition in December in Orlando, Florida suggests that… December 29, 2015
VIDEO: Cardiac Surgery in Patients who Refuse Transfusion is Not More Costly Today we will be discussing cardiac surgery patients who refuse transfusions, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Although the transfusion rate varies… December 15, 2015
Age of Red Blood Cells Does Not Affect Lactic Acidosis Although a recent meta-analysis of randomized trials has reported no difference in adverse events based on the age of the… December 11, 2015
VIDEO: Daily Iron Supplements Decrease Iron Absorption Today we will be discussing the best way to treat iron deficiency anemia which affects at least one billion people… November 30, 2015
VIDEO: Blood Donor Lead Levels and Concern for Infants and Children Today we will be discussing lead levels in blood donors. Babies and young children are particularly susceptible to the neurotoxic… November 15, 2015
Transfusion of Older Red Blood Cells Do Not Effect Long Term Survival of Cardiac Surgery Patients Although stored red blood cells (RBC) undergo many physiological and morphological changes, results from at least two randomized trials have… November 13, 2015
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is not Transmitted through Transfusions Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL), a precursor of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), can be present in healthy blood donors. This raises… November 6, 2015
VIDEO: Minimal Projected Loss of Blood Donors with Travel Deferral Today we will be discussing projected blood donor loss if travel deferrals are implemented. Almost 20% of U.S. residents travel… October 30, 2015
Mass-Scale Red Blood Cell Genotyping May Assist in Finding Antigen Negative Blood Finding antigen negative blood is difficult and time consuming, especially when using serologic methods. The Blood Center of Wisconsin recently… October 23, 2015
VIDEO: Viability of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Grafts Affects Clinical Outcomes Today we will be discussing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (or HSC) grafts, which are often used to treat patients with… October 14, 2015
