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PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review is designed to help readers understand seasonal blood shortages and provide solutions through the use of technology that can increase the number of red blood cell units collected and the use of recruitment and marketing initiatives that appeal to the increasingly diverse donor base. RECENT FINDINGS:Seasonal shortages are, in reality, mostly shortages of group O red blood cells and occur most commonly during midsummer and early winter. The shortages occur primarily from increased use of group O red blood cells at times of decreased donor availability. While reducing the disproportionate use of red cells will help, blood centers can more quickly reduce the seasonal deficits by using automated red cell technology to collect double red blood cell units; targeted marketing programs to provide effective messages; seasonal advertising campaigns; and recognition, benefits, and incentives to enhance the donor motivation donation threshold. A multi-level approach to increasing blood donations at difficult times of the year can ensure that donations are increased at a time when regular donor availability is decreased. SUMMARY:Seasonal blood shortages can be eliminated by understanding the nature of the shortages, why and when they occur, and using more sophisticated recruitment and marketing strategies as well as automated collection technologies to enhance the blood supply.
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Curr Opin Hematoljournal_title
Current opinion in hematologyauthors
Gilcher RO,McCombs Sdoi
10.1097/01.moh.0000180436.98990.cekeywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2005-11-01 00:00:00pages
503-8issue
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1065-6251issn
1531-7048pii
00062752-200511000-00013journal_volume
12pub_type
杂志文章abstract::This article presents the most recent insights into the biology, prognostic significance, and therapeutic approaches to TEL/AML1-positive leukemia. The TEL/AML1 fusion gene, also known as ETV6 /CBFA2, is the most commonly occurring gene rearrangement in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Considerable contro...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-200207000-00013
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Core binding factor acute myeloid leukemia (CBF-AML) corresponds to two distinct subtypes of AML characterized by recurrent favorable chromosome translocations, namely t(8;21) and inv(16)/t(16;16). Given the relatively good outcome of patients with CBF-AML, when treated with intensive chemotherapy inc...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e3283257b18
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Deficiency of antithrombin, protein C, and protein S increases the risk of a first venous thromboembolism (VTE) by at least 10-fold and is rare (i.e., <0.5% of population), whereas factor V Leiden and the prothrombin G20210A gene increase this risk by 2-5-fold and are common (2-5% of whites). Antiphos...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e328356745b
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neutrophils priming has been long studied in vitro. Recent studies describe it in vivo. In pathophysiological conditions, complex, heterogeneous characteristics of priming are described in the last few years. RECENT FINDINGS:Priming can occur systemically when insults such as sepsis or trauma result ...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0000000000000471
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A variety of agents are available to improve hemostasis and reduce blood loss in multiple clinical settings. These agents are most commonly used to reduce bleeding when an underlying hemostatic defect is present. Some new agents offer the potential to decrease blood loss even in the absence of an obvious underlying he...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-200211000-00014
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The review describes recent advances in our understanding of mechanisms leading to development of neutralizing antibodies following factor VIII (FVIII) replacement therapy for hemophilia A. Novel interventions with translational potential to lessen the incidence of these deleterious immune responses a...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e328356ed37
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To discuss how mechanical cues and Rho signaling contribute to control of vascular development and hematopoiesis. RECENT FINDINGS:Rho guanine trinucleotide phosphatases are ubiquitious regulators of cytoskeletal structure and tension generation. Recent work shows that Rho-dependent mechanical interac...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e3282fa7445
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::When a new product with huge clinical potential explodes on the scene, the hope is that the benefits far outweigh the risks in long-term administration. After 10 years of clinical use, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has lived up to that promise so far. In the context of severe chronic neutropenia, more ...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-199704030-00011
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Infantile hemangioma is a common vascular tumor with a unique lifecycle: rapid growth in infancy, followed by a period of involution, leading to complete regression. This review summarizes recent studies of molecular mechanisms of hemangioma formation and places new findings and hypotheses in the cont...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e32832a07ff
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hematopoietic stem cells, defined as cells with extensive self-renewal and pluripotent differentiation potential, represent a minor population of adult bone marrow (< 1 in 10(4) to 10(5) nucleated marrow cells). Recent advances in cell surface phenotype analysis and separation technology have permitted enrichment of h...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The ability to move is one of the most basic and critical functions of the neutrophil. The neutrophil changes its shape from round to highly polar and glides along the surface, pausing every 45 to 60 seconds to reestablish its direction. Iterations of this sequence of small-scale motion, or shape change, sum to form t...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-199603010-00007
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Stem cell factor is an early-acting hematopoietic cytokine that probably functions constitutively to support the proliferation and survival of pluripotent progenitor cells and to increase their receptivity to lineage commitment and differentiation in response to lineage-specific cytokines. Stem cell factor also can in...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-199603030-00010
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The discovery of JAK2V617F and other JAK-STAT-activating mutations in BCR-ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) has led to the development of small-molecule ATP-mimetics that inhibit wild-type and mutant JAK. Here, we review the current experience with JAK inhibitors used for the treatment ...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e3283439964
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Following on the heels of multiple failed clinical trials of adjunctive therapeutic agents in sepsis, the positive outcome of a recent phase III study using activated protein C (APC) has led to a renewed optimism in targeted biotherapies for this syndrome. A growing body of data (both preclinical and clinical) suggest...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-200209000-00005
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic idiopathic and severe congenital neutropenias are rare disorders for which recent discoveries have highlighted mechanisms and consequences. RECENT FINDINGS:An inflammatory bone marrow milieu has been shown to be a major contributor to the pathophysiology of chronic idiopathic neutropenia. Act...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e3282f172d3
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cellular to animal to human studies are shedding light on metabolic pathways that contribute to sustaining lymphomagenesis. Old players with new metabolic tricks and new metabolic players come into the scene. The purpose of this review is to discuss the recent advances made in the field of lymphoma me...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e3283623d16
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The advent of safe and practical means to correct, enhance or protect blood cells at the genetic level offers tantalizing therapeutic perspectives. At present, gene delivery using a replication-defective retrovirus is the most efficient method to stably transduce hematopoietic cells. The successful adaptation of retro...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-200011000-00008
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The advent of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) has remarkably changed the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Patients treated in chronic phase can enjoy an expected survival similar to the general population. In the last few years we have found that some patients with an excellent therapeuti...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0000000000000224
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Technical possibilities to screen for inborn errors of immune function at the neonatal stage have been rapidly progressing, whereas the guidelines that apply for the evaluation of benefits and concerns on expanding screening panels have not been broadly discussed for primary immunodeficiency diseases ...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e32835a9130
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although several clinical studies have investigated the effects of different treatment periods in subjects after a VTE event, the optimal duration of oral anticoagulation is still uncertain. Our review focused on studies that evaluated different risk factors that might be useful to stratify patients i...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.moh.0000132310.18883.c0
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Type 1 von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most common form of VWD, but has remained [corrected] the least well understood. Recent work is changing this situation. This review summarizes recent analysis of the genetic basis of the disease. RECENT FINDINGS:Linkage analysis demonstrates that dominantly...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e32826f4b41
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hairy cell leukemia is an indolent, chronic B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder comprising approximately 2 to 3% of all adult leukemias in the United States. Hairy cells are clonal expansions of mature, activated B-cells. They co-express CD11c, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD25, and CD103. Hairy cells possess clonal immunoglobul...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-200307000-00002
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are a unique population of cells with the remarkable ability to replenish themselves through self-renewal and to give rise to differentiated cell lineages. Though having been discovered more than 50 years ago, and having been widely used in bone marrow transplantation to treat blood d...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0000000000000506
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Galectins, a family of evolutionarily conserved glycan-binding proteins, are involved in the regulation of multiple cellular processes (e.g. immunity, apoptosis, cellular signaling, development, angiogenesis and cellular growth) and diseases (e.g. chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, cancer, infection)...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e32834bab18
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma is a complex lymphoproliferative disorder. While recent evidence suggests that the Epstein-Barr virus and B cell disregulation are implicated in the disease's pathogenesis, their mechanistic roles remain largely unknown. The prognosis with traditional chemotherapy ha...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e328186ffbf
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) predominantly reside either in direct contact or in close proximity to the vascular endothelium throughout their lifespan. From the moment of HSC embryonic specification from hemogenic endothelium, endothelial cells (ECs) act as a critical cellular-hub that regulates a ...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0000000000000350
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To highlight mechanisms that regulate the balance between latent and active von Willebrand factor (VWF), and describe pathological conditions leading to increased levels of active VWF. RECENT FINDINGS:Levels of circulating active VWF are increased in von Willebrand disease type 2B, HELLP syndrome, ma...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e3280dce531
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gene transfer has allowed a number of biologic issues in the therapy of hematologic malignancy to be addressed. In autologous bone marrow transplantation, gene marking studies have shown that infused marrow contributes to relapse in acute myeloid leukemia, neuroblastoma, and chronic myeloid leukemia. In addition, doub...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00062752-199502060-00004
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many aspects of leukocyte function are regulated by both heterotrimeric and Ras-related GTP-binding proteins, but there is little definite information about their roles in the specialized processes utilized by leukocytes for cell killing. Recent progress in understanding the regulation of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase b...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To outline the rationale, limitations, and execution of bloodless medical and surgical programs, highlighting characteristics that contribute to successful outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS:Clinical experiences with patients who refuse blood transfusions for religious reasons have provided valuable lessons a...
journal_title:Current opinion in hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.moh.0000245692.32085.bd
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00