Prevalence and infectivity of hepatitis G virus and its strain variant, the GB agent, in volunteer blood donors in Taiwan.

abstract：:Twenty-five leukaphereses were done by the Haemonetics system using citrated Dextran 75 in normal saline as anticoagulant, and were compared with a much larger series using hydroxyethyl starch (HES) with and without steroid premedication. The granulocyte and platelet yields were only minimally different between the tw...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Huestis DW

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood centers and hospital transfusion services are challenged with maintaining an adequate platelet (PLT) inventory to minimize the number of outdated units without risking a major shortage. A novel approach to inventory management was established at our institution through a collaboration between the Stanf...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Fontaine MJ,Chung YT,Rogers WM,Sussmann HD,Quach P,Galel SA,Goodnough LT,Erhun F

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttransfusion graft-versus-host disease (PT-GVHD) is underdiagnosed and underreported. Risk factors predisposing to PT-GVHD in newborn recipients, the clinical manifestations of the disease in newborns, and its mechanism are not well characterized. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:A literature review identified 2...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Ohto H,Anderson KC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) has been used to reduce the need for allogeneic RBC transfusion, decreasing risk and conserving supply. A frozen PABD program for heart transplant patients was instituted at the Mayo Clinic in 1988, but participation has steadily declined. The aims of this study ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Fontaine MJ,Winters JL,Moore SB,McGregor CG,Santrach PJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many significant events have occurred in the recent past that beg a broad audience to address the question "What is pediatric transfusion medicine?" Herein, we list some of these events and their relevance below and attempt to provide an answer for this question. Indeed, several issues regarding the subspecialty of pe...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hillyer CD,Mondoro TH,Josephson CD,Sanchez R,Sloan SR,Ambruso DR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Washing of red blood cell concentrates (RCCs) is required for potassium-sensitive transfusion recipients, including neonates in need of large-volume transfusions. When open, nonsterile washing systems are used, postwash outdate time is limited to 24 hours, often leading to problems providing the component to...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hansen A,Yi QL,Acker JP

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) may not be recognized until organ failure related to the microvascular thrombosis occurs. Kidney failure may be the initial presenting clinical feature. Kidney transplantation has been contraindicated because of the assumption that the continuing microvasc...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Fattah H,Kumar D,George JN,Massey HD,King AL,Friedman KD,Gupta G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A novel WBC-reduction in-line whole-blood (WB) filter that does not retain platelets was evaluated to assess the filtration performance and, after processing WB by the platelet-rich plasma (PRP) method, to analyze the storage quality of filtered platelet concentrate (PC) units. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:To a...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lozano ML,Pérez-Ceballos E,Rivera J,Paunovic D,Candela MJ,Vicente V

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunomodulatory effects of UV light have increasingly become a focus in transfusion medicine, BMT and transplantation immunology. In the transplant setting, the use of UVB radiation may reduce or abolish T-cell activation without compromising either bone marrow (BM) engraftment or graft-versus-leukemia effe...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lankford KV,Mosunjac M,Hillyer CD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had a previous anaphylactoid reaction to albumin required plasma exchange for myasthenia gravis. She was rechallenged with albumin from a different manufacturer after premedication with diphenhydramine. No adverse reaction occurred during five exchanges over a 10-day period. Possible pathogenic mechanism...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Edelman BB,Straughn MA,Getz P,Schwartz E

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cryobiologic variables responsible for cell injuries and freezing techniques applicable in medical cryopractice should be revised and/or reengineered for minimizing cryoinjuries and maximizing cell recovery. In this study, the efficacy of different cryopreservation protocols based on platelet (PLT) recovery ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Balint B,Paunovic D,Vucetic D,Vojvodic D,Petakov M,Trkuljic M,Stojanovic N

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous iron-dextran therapy can cause a red-brown discoloration of the plasma, simulating a hemolytic transfusion reaction. A rapid and simple test to differentiate between true hemolysis and plasma discoloration due to circulating iron-dextran complexes is described. ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Simon SD,Kuriyan MA,Kim HC

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet (PLT) transfusion is the primary treatment for thrombocytopenia. PLTs are obtained exclusively from volunteer donors, and the PLT product has only a 5-day shelf life, which can limit supply and result in PLT shortages. PLTs derived from stem cells could help to fill this clinical need. However, curr...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Avanzi MP,Oluwadara OE,Cushing MM,Mitchell ML,Fischer S,Mitchell WB

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An example is presented of an IgG1, anti-Lu6, that reacted by indirect antiglobulin test and was capable of destroying antigen-positive red cells in vivo. Two methods for the measurement of red cell survival, 51Cr labeling and flow cytometry, gave the same result: 20 percent of the test dose of Lu:6 red cells was dest...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Issitt PD,Valinsky JE,Marsh WL,DiNapoli J,Gutgsell NS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donation willingness is generally high but registering with donor centers lags behind. We need to understand why and when during the life course which groups of individuals are motivated to donate. With this knowledge, we can design targeted recruitment and retention strategies and improve evidence-based donor managem...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Piersma TW,Merz EM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with severe aplastic anemia (sAA) respond to immunosuppression, but a significant number relapse or develop clonal abnormalities such as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, myelodysplasia, or leukemia. In principle, patients without matched sibling donors and older patients might benefit from ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Sloand EM,Read EJ,Scheinberg P,Tang Y,More K,Leitman SF,Maciejewski J,Young NS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfusion of red cells (RBCs) was analyzed over a 4-year period (1984-1987), during which 9596 cesarean deliveries were performed. A total of 336 patients were identified as receiving RBC transfusions during or after cesarean delivery; 747 units of RBCs were administered. The overall incidence of transfusion in ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Camann WR,Datta S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the pandemic, testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by real-time polymerase chain reaction is one of the pillars on which countermeasures are based. Factors limiting the output of laboratories interfere with the effectiveness of public health measures. Conserving reagent...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Schmidt M,Hoehl S,Berger A,Zeichhardt H,Hourfar K,Ciesek S,Seifried E

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera and questionnaires were evaluated retrospectively from 128 volunteer blood donors whose blood had been implicated in cases of clinically recognized post-transfusion hepatitis in recipients of one- or two-unit blood transfusion between 1971 and 1977. Serologic markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were foun...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Tabor E,Hoofnagle JH,Smallwood LA,Drucker JA,Pineda-Tamondong GC,Ni LY,Greenwalt TJ,Barker LF,Gerety RJ

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from three unrelated persons whose red cells (RBC) had the common Scianna phenotype (Sc:1,-2) contained IgG alloantibodies directed against high-frequency RBC antigens. In each case, sera or eluates or both failed to react only with Scianna null (Sc:-1,-2) cells, although an eluate from one person was compatible ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Devine P,Dawson FE,Motschman TL,Skradski KJ,Orsini L,Moulds JJ,Taswell HF

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-IH is usually a clinically insignificant antibody that may complicate a serologic workup. However, it can occasionally cause hemolysis. We report a rare case of acute hemolysis caused by anti-IH. CASE REPORT:A 60-year-old man with a long history of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and anemia, blood grou...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Irani MS,Richards C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KEY IDEAS Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has the potential to improve the dismal outcome of patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A major challenge for CAR T-cell therapy of AML patients is identifying leukemia-specific target antigens. Immune escape through down-regulation of target an...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Sauer T,Rooney CM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the direct manual hexadimethrine bromide (Polybrene) test (DPT) in the investigation of patients for autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) was evaluated. Seventy-nine blood samples from 68 patients were tested. A direct antiglobulin test (DAT) using monospecific reagents and the DPT were performed, and a conce...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Owen I,Hows J

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Storage of pooled platelet concentrates (PCs) with yields above 3.0 x 10(11) platelets per unit in a 1-L PL-732 polyolefin container for 5 days often results in a drop in pH to below 6.0. Recently, new oxygen-permeable platelet containers (1-L PL-2410, 1-L and 1.5-L Compoflex) have been developed. The maxima...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： de Wildt-Eggen J,Schrijver JG,Bouter-Valk HJ,Fijnheer R,Bins M,van Prooijen HC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When bacteria are found, after a platelet transfusion, in the recipient's blood as well as in the platelet concentrate (PC), a causal relationship is normally suspected, with the PC as the causative agent. The other alternative, that the patient has bacteremia and contaminated the PC, is less well documented...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Engstrand M,Engstrand L,Högman CF,Hambraeus A,Branth S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a severe disorder affecting the microcirculation of multiple organs due to a systemic endothelial cell injury secondary to a deficiency in ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13) activity. TTP is a rare complication...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Gasparri ML,Bellati F,Brunelli R,Perrone G,Pecorini F,Papadia A,Meloni G,Trisolini SM,Gozzer M,Domenici L,Lecce F,Benedetti Panici P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we tested the seeds of uncultivated plants for lectin activity. Extracts prepared from the seeds of 167 forb species were tested against human red cell samples. Extracts of 54 species agglutinated unmodified or enzyme-modified red cells. In nine species, the hemagglutinating lectin activity could be neut...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hardman JT,Beck ML,Owensby CE

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Throughout history, blood has been embedded with powerful and paradoxical connotations. In the last decades, a more rational conception based on scientific knowledge has emerged, portraying blood as a "disenchanted" and utilitarian object, hence more apt for donation between strangers. This study aims to exa...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Charbonneau J,Tran NY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been shown to be transmissible through blood components in rodent models, no human blood-to-blood transmission has been documented. If blood transmission were possible in humans, persons with hemophilia in the United States would be at higher risk of contracting C...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Evatt B,Austin H,Barnhart E,Schonberger L,Sharer L,Jones R,DeArmond S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2000 Nationwide Blood Collection and Utilization Survey was designed to assess cellular therapy product services in US blood centers and hospitals. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Questionnaires were returned by 2,040 institutions. Data were analyzed for 30 quantitative variables related to cellular therapy pr...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Read EJ,Sullivan MT

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00