Clinical and serologic management of patients with methyldopa-induced positive antiglobulin tests.

abstract：:The development of flexible plastic blood bags has permitted effective blood component production and therapy. However, the plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), whose toxicity in humans is still undefined, is known to leach from the plastic into stored blood. Despite the availability of bags made of plastics ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Rock G,Tocchi M,Ganz PR,Tackaberry ES

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion therapy (CTT) is an integral component of the management of severe sickle cell disease (SCD) and can prevent complications, such as stroke. RBC units can be administered via simple transfusion or exchange transfusion, and erythrocytapheresis (automated RBC exchange tr...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kelly S,Quirolo K,Marsh A,Neumayr L,Garcia A,Custer B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of blood coagulation was done on samples of blood collected from ten donors undergoing combined platelet and leukapheresis using the Haemonetics Model 30 Blood Processor. Blood samples were obtained from the donors prior to, during, and following pheresis. Blood was also obtained from the blood-return line af...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kisker CT,Strauss RG,Koepke JA,Maguire LC,Thompson JS

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The safety of fibrin tissue adhesives has been a concern since they entered wide clinical application. Most commercially available kits contain the proteolytic inhibitor, aprotinin, to stabilize the fibrin clot. A bovine protein, this substance has an allergenic potency. CASE REPORT:This case report present...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Beierlein W,Scheule AM,Antoniadis G,Braun C,Schosser R

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A quality monitoring program (QMP) for platelet concentrates (PCs) was implemented at Canadian Blood Services (CBS) to improve standards and to better understand platelet (PLT) products by supplementing routine quality control (QC). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Annual surveys of PCs from CBS production sites we...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Levin E,Jenkins C,Culibrk B,Gyöngyössy-Issa MI,Serrano K,Devine DV

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bleeding into the chest is a life-threatening complication of cardiac surgery. Blood transfusion has been implicated as an important cause of harm associated with bleeding, based largely on studies demonstrating an independent association between transfusion and mortality. These studies did not, however, con...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dixon B,Santamaria JD,Reid D,Collins M,Rechnitzer T,Newcomb AE,Nixon I,Yii M,Rosalion A,Campbell DJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recovery and half-life estimations were carried out to compare a high-purity factor IX concentrate with an established factor IX complex concentrate. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Two high-purity factor IX concentrates, which are identical except for the presence or absence of heparin (Immuninehep-plus and Immun...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Poon MC,Aledort LM,Anderle K,Kunschak M,Morfini M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cells (RBCs) prepared by a new system using centrifugation to produce neocyte enrichment were studied in two laboratories. The system used a blood bag with a geometric configuration such that younger, less dense cells could be separated from older, denser cells. Phthalate ester density gradient curves determined t...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Simon TL,Sohmer P,Nelson EJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of de novo alloantibodies against recipient's red blood cell (RBC) antigens by engrafted donor's lymphocytes is a known phenomenon in the setting of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). This situation is usually clinically insignificant. We report a case of early clinically ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Bailén R,Kwon M,Pérez-Corral AM,Pascual C,Buño I,Balsalobre P,Serrano D,Gayoso J,Díez-Martín JL,Anguita J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some low-incidence antigens in the Rh blood group system (e.g., VS, Rh32, FPTT) are expressed by more than one Rh complex. We describe a new low-incidence antigen that is present on RBCs with the partial D phenotypes, DIIIa or DOL, on RN RBCs and on one example of STEM+S RBCs. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Stand...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Reid ME,Storry JR,Sausais L,Tossas E,Rios M,Hue-Roye K,Gloster ES,Miller ST,Wolf C,Lomas-Francis C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that physicians lack adequate transfusion medicine knowledge. To design needs-based educational interventions to address this gap, a validated assessment tool is required. Previously published exams have not been created or validated using rigorous psychometric methods. STUDY DESIGN AND ME...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Haspel RL,Lin Y,Fisher P,Ali A,Parks E,Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative.

更新日期：2014-05-01 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:Platelet-derived biologic response modifiers (BRMs) including RANTES and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 accumulate in platelet components during storage because of platelet activation, and they may play a causative role in nonhemolytic febrile transfusion reactions. The majority of PCs with high unit...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Fujihara M,Ikebuchi K,Wakamoto S,Sekiguchi S

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article introduces a new method of component preparation that is capable of producing white cell (WBC)-reduced platelet concentrates (PCs) from whole blood. Whole blood is separated into packed red cells (RBCs) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) by centrifugation, and the PRP is expressed through a newly designed WBC...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dzik WH,Cusack WF,Gacek MJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with hyperleukocytosis of at least 100 x 10(9) per L are at high risk of early death due to pulmonary or cerebral leukostasis. Although the efficacy of leukapheresis in terms of prompt cytoreduction is generally accepted, published data regarding the clinical value ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Bug G,Anargyrou K,Tonn T,Bialleck H,Seifried E,Hoelzer D,Ottmann OG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Taiwan, the prevalence of circulating anti-HCV is 2 percent among first-time voluntary Chinese blood donors, 10 percent among donors with elevated ALT levels (greater than 45 IU/L), and higher among older men. The carrier rate for HBsAg was 18.6 percent and the frequency of positive HBV marker(s) (HBsAg, anti-HBc, ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lin-Chu M,Tsai SJ,Watanabe J,Nishioka K

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compared the likelihood of return to donate and donation rate ratio by age of donors at their first donation when followed up to 12 years. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Donation history of two cohorts of first-time donors (those donating in 2007 and 2013) was extracted until March 2019 from Australian...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Priyono A,Masser BM,Dyda A,Davison TE,Irving DO,Karki S

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The writings of the 17th and 19th centuries about experiments and debates about transfusion were often analyzed and discussed in articles and books, but an analysis of illustrations of transfusion during this pioneering epoch can throw new light on the subject. The first transfusion attempts were as sensatio...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lefrère JJ,Danic B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The factors contributing to RBC agglutination are complex. The RBC cytoskeleton's participation in and contribution to this phenomenon are difficult to separate from those of the plasma membrane. Immunoreactive, cytoskeleton-free, band 3-enriched microvesicles can be generated from normal RBCs. Band 3 has be...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Jaime JC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deferasirox (DFRA) is a new approved oral iron chelator. Its advantages are that it is convenient and better tolerated and adhered to due to "once-daily" oral dosage. However, its use in the field is limited and it is yet to be subjected to postmarketing surveillance. CASE REPORT:A 18.75-year-old male with ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Wei HY,Yang CP,Cheng CH,Lo FS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Very preterm newborns receive up to three to five red blood cell (RBC) transfusions, often early, after birth. Despite awareness of the association of transfusion with increases in cytokines and markers of endothelial activation, research has focused on single transfusions weeks after birth. With pathophysio...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Crawford TM,Andersen CC,Stark MJ

更新日期：2020-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxia is a major cause of painful vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease (SCD). Simple transfusion and red blood cell (RBC) exchange are commonly used as preventive therapies whose aim is to dilute hemoglobin (Hb)S-containing RBCs (SS-RBCs) with normal RBCs (AA-RBCs) to prevent sickling. We hypothesi...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Bourgeaux V,Hequet O,Campion Y,Delcambre G,Chevrier AM,Rigal D,Godfrin Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using the 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends technique with the ex vivo culture of AC133-CD34+ cells, a transcription start site was recently identified approximately 0.7 kb upstream from the transcription start sites previously determined. The transcripts from the alternative starting exon 1a were demonstr...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hata Y,Kominato Y,Takizawa H,Tabata S,Michino J,Nishino K,Yasumura S,Yamamoto F

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the first 5 years (1981-1985) of the liver transplantation program in Pittsburgh, a total (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative) of 18,668 packed red cell units, 23,627 fresh-frozen plasma units, 20,590 platelet units, and 4241 cryoprecipitate units was transfused for the procedures. This represents ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lewis JH,Bontempo FA,Cornell F,Kiss JE,Larson P,Ragni MV,Rice EO,Spero JA,Starzl TE

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective donor skin disinfection is essential in preventing bacterial contamination of blood components with skin flora bacteria like Staphylococcus epidermidis. Cell aggregates of S. epidermidis (biofilms) are found on the skin and are resistant to the commonly used donor skin disinfectants chlorhexidine-g...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Alabdullatif M,Boujezza I,Mekni M,Taha M,Kumaran D,Yi QL,Landoulsi A,Ramirez-Arcos S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acetaminophen and diphenhydramine are commonly used as pretransfusion medications to prevent transfusion reactions. The purpose of this study was to prospectively compare the risk of transfusion reactions in hematology/oncology patients who receive acetaminophen with diphenhydramine or placebo before transfu...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kennedy LD,Case LD,Hurd DD,Cruz JM,Pomper GJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baboons were bled one-third of their blood volume and then transfused with an equivalent volume of compatible donor red blood cells with 160 per cent of normal 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) levels and improved capacity to release oxygen to tissue. The mixture of baboon donor-recipient red blood cells in the circula...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Zaroulis CG,Pivacek LE,Lowrie GB,Valeri CR

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phthalocyanines are useful sensitizers for photodynamic sterilization of red cell concentrates. Various lipid-enveloped viruses can be inactivated with only limited red cell damage. Because white cells are involved in the immunomodulatory effects of blood transfusions, the study of the effect of photodynamic...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Moor AC,van der Veen A,Dubbelman TM,VanSteveninck J,Brand A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextran 40 is the main component of the solution used to wash or dilute thawed cord blood unit (CBU) products for stem cell transplant. Dextran 40 became unavailable in the United States as of April 2014. Like many other cellular therapy laboratories in the United States, we found ourselves with limited dextran 40 inv...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Reich-Slotky R,Bachegowda LS,Ancharski M,Mendeleyeva L,Rubinstein P,Rennert H,Shore T,van Besien K,Cushing M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detection of viral nucleic acids might increase blood transfusion safety through the detection of recently infected blood donors during the preseroconversion window period. Individual screening is difficult to apply, because of technical and financial constraints. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:A polymerase chain...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Yerly S,Pedrocchi M,Perrin L

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00