Rapid estimation of the glycerol concentration of frozen-thawed red cells prepared by the agglomeration technique.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of screened blood is limited to approximately 75 percent for human immunodeficiency virus antibodies (anti-HIV), 50 percent for hepatitis B surface antigen, and 19 percent for hepatitis C virus antibodies (anti-HCV), mainly because of costs. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:In ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Owusu-Ofori S,Temple J,Sarkodie F,Anokwa M,Candotti D,Allain JP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemolytic transfusion reactions are a rare, yet serious complication of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at an increased risk for such reactions, because they are prone to make alloantibodies against transfused RBCs, complicating this integral part of their diseas...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dean CL,Maier CL,Roback JD,Stowell SR

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires that hospitals have a planned approach to systematically collect data on processes related to the use, ordering, and administering of blood components. This study describes how a comprehensive blood-administering assessment progra...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Saxena S,Ramer L,Shulman IA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo viability and functional integrity of filtered platelets were compared with those of nonfiltered platelets in a controlled study. On two occasions, after template bleeding time, 14 healthy volunteers underwent plateletpheresis and received 600 mg of aspirin. Autologous 111In-labeled platelets were transfus...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Brecher ME,Pineda AA,Zylstra-Halling VW,Chowdhury S,Forstrom LA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-induced immune pancytopenia is considered an uncommon disorder. CASE REPORT:A 76-year-old woman with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma received 15 cycles of FOLFOX-6 (oxaliplatin/folinic acid/fluorouracil) with a complete response. Upon disease progression, she was restarted on FOLFOX; during the seven...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Fontão-Wendel R,Hoff PM,Lazar A,Freitas D,Novis Y,Patah P,Tsujita M,Balthazar A,Pierroti M,Wendel S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelets pose the greatest transfusion-transmitted infectious risk among blood products. Refrigeration of platelets can mitigate bacterial contamination and extend platelet shelf life. Implementation of pathogen reduction technologies (PRTs) at blood banks has become increasingly popular to protect against ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Agey A,Reddoch-Cardenas K,McIntosh C,Sharma U,Cantu C,Cap A,Bynum J

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immune thrombocytopenic purpura and secondary thrombocytopenia patients treated with Rh(o)(D) immune globulin intravenous (human; anti-D IGIV) have experienced acute hemolysis, which is inconsistent with the typical presentation of extravascular hemolysis -- the presumed mechanism of action of anti-D IGIV. A...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Gaines AR,Lee-Stroka H,Byrne K,Scott DE,Uhl L,Lazarus E,Stroncek DF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation of platelet concentrates (PCs) may prevent the development of posttransfusion HLA alloimmunization. As irradiation performed in a blood center or a hospital will probably be associated with a variable postirradiation delay before transfusion, the ability to store PCs after UVB irradiati...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Snyder EL,Beardsley DS,Smith BR,Horne W,Johnson R,Wooten T,Napychank PA,Male P,Buchholz DH

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal skin disinfection ensures blood safety. In this study, efficacies of the two-step skin disinfection methods used at Canadian Blood Services (CBS) and two one-step methods produced by different manufacturers were compared. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:In each of the three phases of the study, two methods...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Ramirez-Arcos S,Goldman M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New alloantibody formation is unpredictable in patients who have been previously alloimmunized. Pretransfusion testing is designed to detect these antibodies while antibody identification (ABI) techniques are designed to identify the specificity of the antibody. Pretransfusion testing intervals are prescribe...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Goss C,Avecilla ST,Garbaini J,Degtyaryova D,Lo D,Chang DY,Cushing M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With an interval of eight weeks between collections, blood was drawn twice from 120 blood donors. At one of the donations, 0.25 ml of synthetic vasopressin, (DDAVP, 1300 micrograms/ml), was administered intranasally 60 minutes prior to collection of the blood. No drug was given at the other donation. The yield of fact...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mikaelsson M,Nilsson IM,Vilhardt H,Wiechel B

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high-throughput detection system was developed for HBV DNA and HCV RNA. METHODS:A combination of real-time detection PCR using an automated system (PRISM 7700, PE Biosystems, Foster City, CA) and automatic viral nucleic acid extraction (BioRobot 9604, Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) was used as the high-throughp...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mitsunaga S,Fujimura K,Matsumoto C,Shiozawa R,Hirakawa S,Nakajima K,Tadokoro K,Juji T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A storage period of 42 days has been approved by the FDA for RBCs stored in NUTRICEL (AS-3). This study was undertaken to provide data to the FDA about the feasibility of salvaging AS-3 RBCs at the end of their storage period by rejuvenation and freezing, and to evaluate the effect of rejuvenation on indicat...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lockwood WB,Hudgens RW,Szymanski IO,Teno RA,Gray AD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of posttransfusion purpura (PTP) and transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD) involves patient exposure to donor platelets (PLTs) and T lymphocytes, respectively, which are removed during blood component leukodepletion (LD). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Reports of PTP and TA-G...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Williamson LM,Stainsby D,Jones H,Love E,Chapman CE,Navarrete C,Lucas G,Beatty C,Casbard A,Cohen H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The expected donor loss from recent implementation of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) testing in Canada was uncertain but potentially significant based on US experience. To reduce donor loss from false-reactive tests, repeat-reactive donors without other evidence of infection were eligible to...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： O'Brien SF,Yi QL,Fan W,Fearon MA,Scalia V,Goldman M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical performance of human platelet (PLT) products processed or stored under novel conditions is difficult to predict based on in vitro studies alone. Recovery and survival of radiolabeled PLTs in human subjects are used as surrogate markers for PLT efficacy in development of new products. Such experiment...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Piper JT,Gelderman MP,Vostal JG

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Lu(b) antigen is expressed on red blood cells (RBCs) of the majority of individuals in all populations. Its absence in transfused patients may lead to alloantibody production and mild-to-moderate transfusion reactions, and in pregnancies to mild hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. This report des...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Garcia-Sanchez F,Pardi C,Kupatawintu P,Thornton N,Rodriguez MA,Lucea I,Sood C,Ochoa-Garay G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using umbilical cord blood (UCB) cells, it was demonstrated that three virulent isolates, two highly transmissible clinical isolates and the virulent laboratory strain, demonstrated rapid growth in the UCB cells, which was significantly faster than the growth rate observed for a unique isolate. There was als...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Theus JW,Justus RS,Theus SA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review considers the various methods currently in use, or under investigation, for the storage of platelets intended for use in the treatment of active hemorrhage. The current standard practice of storing platelets at room temperature (RT) (20°C-24°C) optimizes circulating time, but at the expense of hemostatic f...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Milford EM,Reade MC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet (PLT) transfusions are essential for patients who are bleeding or have an increased risk of bleeding due to a decreased number or abnormal function of circulating PLTs. A shelf life of 5 days for PLT products presents an inventory management challenge. In 2006, greater than 10% of apheresis PLTs mad...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Fuller AK,Uglik KM,Braine HG,King KE

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the use of a new polyacrolein microsphere (acrobead) protein A column. This method enables immunomodulation by the perfusion of whole blood. The efficacy of the column and its adverse effects following perfusion of blood of patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) or malignancies...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dvilansky A,Aharon M,Riesenfeld G,Nathan I

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bartonella spp. are neglected fastidious Gram-negative bacilli. We isolated Bartonella henselae from 1.2% of 500 studied blood donors and demonstrated that the bacteria remain viable in red blood cell units after 35 days of experimental infection. Now, we aim to evaluate the possibility of B. henselae transm...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Silva MN,Vieira-Damiani G,Ericson ME,Gupta K,Gilioli R,de Almeida AR,Drummond MR,Lania BG,de Almeida Lins K,Soares TC,Velho PE

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The FUT2 gene regulates the expression of ABH antigens in body secretions and hence controls the secretor status. It is highly polymorphic. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Healthy Chinese (n = 79) and Caucasian (n = 20) subjects were recruited for this study. Lewis blood group and secretor status were determined. ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Yip SP,Lai SK,Wong ML

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) may suppress graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic transplantation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic potential of iNKT cells from major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-mismatched donors for preventing GVHD after allogeneic...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Yang J,Gao L,Liu Y,Ren Y,Xie R,Fan H,Qian K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor deferral rates in regional blood centers vary from 5 to 24 per cent, reducing by more than 1,250,000 the number of units of volunteer blood available for transfusion in the nation each year. Those criteria for donor deferral which are intended to exclude donors likely to suffer a "donor reaction" are based parti...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Tomasulo PA,Anderson AJ,Paluso MB,Gutschenritter MA,Aster RH

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is one of the most serious adverse events following transfusion, and there is no specific treatment in clinical practice. However, regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been suggested to play a potential role in the treatment of TRALI. This study investigated whether i...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： He R,Li L,Kong Y,Tian L,Tian X,Fang P,Bian M,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concerns have been raised that aging of the general population will increase the demand for blood products. Modeling can be applied to assess trends in blood demand and supply and predict how these will develop over time. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:We developed mathematical models to describe and predict the ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Borkent-Raven BA,Janssen MP,Van Der Poel CL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood transfusion is the first-line treatment for patients with thalassemia and many sickle cell patients. However, cases of unregulated blood transfusion are shown to carry a high risk of alloimmunization to red blood cells (RBCs), which can lead to a hemolytic transfusion reaction and be fatal to patients....

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hindawi S,Badawi M,Elfayoumi R,Elgemmezi T,Al Hassani A,Raml M,Alamoudi S,Gholam K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of "naturally-occurring" (nonred blood cell stimulated) anti-K1. The patient had never received a blood transfusion. Red blood cell antibody screening panels showed agglutination with K:1 red blood cells at room temperature and not in the anti-globulin test. Testing with 2-mercaptoethanol showed the a...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kanel GC,Davis I,Bowman JE

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD34 flow cytometry is the gold standard for stem cell enumeration in peripheral blood at the mobilization stage and in the final apheresis product. The new stem cell mode of the Sysmex XN Series analyzer enumerates an immature cell population in the white progenitor and pathological cell (WPC) channel, base...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Grommé M,Russcher H,Braakman E,Klinkspoor JH,Dobber JA,de Greef I,de Wit NCJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00