Designing the blood supply chain: how much, how and where?

abstract：:A major drawback in the use of platelet transfusions is the development of platelet refractoriness that is usually caused by alloimmunization provoked by leukocytes present in the blood products. We evaluated the development of alloimmunization both by serological demonstration of HLA antibodies and by clinical demons...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Saarinen UM,Koskimies S,Myllylä G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Capillary samples can provide blood for cell counts in haematologic patients and blood donors. However, some accept only values from venous blood. This study compares capillary and venous blood counts to verify the hypothesis that they are equivalent. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We analysed 463 cap...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Schalk E,Heim MU,Koenigsmann M,Jentsch-Ullrich K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For some unknown reason humans may 'spontaneously' produce high amounts of neutralizing autoantibodies to a number of growth factors and cytokines. Reaching a certain high level the antibodies render the person cytokine deficient, mostly without overt clinical manifestations. The autoantibodies in question a...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Hansen MB,Galle P,Salomo M,Svenson M,Dickmeiss E,Gimsing P

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoassays were prepared using two anti-A and one anti-B reagents. The specificity of the procedures was assessed with 13 artificial antigens. The amounts of A and B natural antigens in saliva of ABH secretors of known Lewis phenotype were measured with these assays. The results confirmed that the average amoun...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Le Pendu J,Lemieux RU,Dalix AM,Lambert F,Oriol R

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most in vitro studies on microaggregate filters focus on the mechanical retention of microparticles. Data are based on bulk techniques such as differential dry weight and screen filtration pressure measurements or single-particle counting using resistance measurement (Coulter principle). Errors in measurements may res...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Eisert WG,Eckert G

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antibody to a high frequency antigen, made in a WES+ Black antenatal patient (Wash.), failed to react with the red cells of a presumed WES+ homozygote and is, therefore, probably antithetical to anti-WES. Like anti-WES, it reacted with papain, ficin, trypsin or neuraminidase treated cells but not with alpha-chymotr...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Daniels GL,Green CA,Darr FW,Anderson H,Sistonen P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early and regular blood transfusion therapy in patients with homozygous beta-thalassaemia decreases the complications of severe anaemia and prolongs survival. In the long term, however, the beneficial effects of transfusions are limited by the organ damage resulting from iron overload, a consequence of the body's limi...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Prati D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of CD4+ lymphocyte depletion, which is the main immunological feature in HIV-infected patients, is unclear. We investigated whether gp120-immunoglobulin-complement complexes on the surface of CD4+ cells might be involved in the elimination of CD4+ lymphocytes. The results obtained in 63 HIV-infected pati...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Daniel V,Süsal C,Prodeus AP,Weimer R,Zimmermann R,Huth-Kühne A,Opelz G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:ISO standards for blood bags do not adequately define and control the dimensions of blood bag transfer tubing. This lack of standardization presents potential difficulties when making sterile connections between the wide range of tubing that has evolved in the absence of such standards. We aim...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Nightingale MJ,Lees B,Biset R,Mertens W

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The study was designed to evaluate whether volume replacement following blood donation can prevent arterial hypotension in autologous blood donors with cardiovascular disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred nineteen autologous blood donors with known cardiovascular disease were randomly al...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Kasper SM,Dahlmann H,Mellinghoff H,Ellering J,Baumann M,Buzello W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articles on the appropriateness of intention-to-treat (ITT) vs. as-treated (AT) analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have highlighted issues relevant to drug trials, such as approaches suitable for 'explanatory' vs. 'pragmatic' RCTs. These considerations are less relevant to transfusion medicine RCTs, espec...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Vamvakas EC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia is usually attributable to HPA-la antibodies. We report a case of parental platelet antigen incompatibility associated with a severe neonatal thrombocytopenia secondary to alloimmunization to HPA-3a. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Platelet antibodies were detected ...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Boehlen F,Kaplan C,de Moerloose P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:There are conflicting data regarding the therapeutic efficacy of platelets inactivated using amotosalen and ultraviolet A light. We have performed a meta-analysis to summarize the results of different randomized controlled trials (RCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Five RCTs reported through March 2...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Cid J,Escolar G,Lozano M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of non-A, non-B hepatitis transmission by an intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparation was assessed in a prospective multicenter trial in 68 patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders (40 children or adolescents and 28 adults). During the 4-week prestudy evaluation period the clinical examinations a...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Imbach P,Perret BA,Babington R,Kaminski K,Morell A,Heiniger HJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocyte-erythrocyte interaction in patients with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) was assessed by phagocytosis and rosette assays. In most patients, a relationship was observed between haemolysis and the phagocytosis of their own erythrocytes by allogenic peripheral monocytes. An evaluation of the number of immun...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Zupańska B,Brojer E,Thomson EE,Merry AH,Seyfried H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Continuous-flow and intermittent-flow blood cell separators (CFCS and IFCS) are both used to collect stem cells from the blood to rescue patients undergoing myeloablative treatment for cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We designed a study to compare the collection efficiency of the two systems. T...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Beretta F,van den Bosch S,Castelli D,Cavalli F,Ghielmini M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New CD36 mutations are constantly being identified, although no study has specifically targeted a Taiwanese population. CD36 deficiency can result in dyslipid state and slow clearance of chylomicron. This could be linked to more frequent lipemic donations. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:We used flow cytometric me...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Lo SC,Lin KH,Hsieh HH,Lin DT,Hu CY

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cells of the McLeod phenotype in the Kell blood group system have an acanthocytic morphology. The membrane protein composition analyzed on sodium dodecyl-sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the ATP level and the activities of a large number of intracellular enzymes appear to be normal. Membranes prepared f...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Tang LL,Redman CM,Williams D,Marsh WL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The non-paired two-arm study compared the in vitro storage characteristics of platelets suspended as concentrates in either 100% plasma or a mixture of additive solution (SSP+™, MacoPharma, Mouveaux, France) and autologous plasma in a 70:30 ratio over a 14-day storage period. MATERIALS AND ME...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Saunders C,Rowe G,Wilkins K,Holme S,Collins P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Joint Commission lists improving staff communication (handoffs) as part of several National Safety Goals. In this study, we developed an electronic web-based charting system for clinical pathology handoffs, which primarily consist of transfusion medicine calls, and evaluated the advantages over a paper-b...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Mohammad MK,Wooten MS,Maier CL,Hill CE,Guarner J,Roback JD,Winkler AM,Sullivan HC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates poses a major post-transfusion infectious risk. This study was aimed at evaluating the efficacy of the BacTx(®) assay (Immunetics Inc.) for bacterial detection in leucocyte-reduced buffy coat platelet pools and for its sensitivity in detecting clinical isolates, includi...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Ramirez-Arcos S,Kou Y,Perkins H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significantly more peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) from 39 patients with lymphoma (p less than 0.001), myeloma (p less than 0.001), or leukemia (p less than 0.001-0.025) bind transferrin (Trf) than those of 23 normals. That Trf was bound to a receptor on these cells was shown by the inhibition of these cells ...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Yeh CJ,Taylor CG,Faulk WP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:A large number of European blood centres, including our own, use the buffy-coat method for platelet production. In this article we describe a previously unnoticed phenomenon shown by a proportion of buffy-coats, which display an unusually bright cherry colour and low platelet counts. MATERIAL...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Rebulla P,Smacchia C,Greppi N,Porretti L,Lopa R,Cernuschi M,Sirchia G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fever is described in transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO), reflecting either comprehensive haemovigilance or an inflammatory pathobiology (such as congestion-associated atheroma disruptions). METHODS:Hospital haemovigilance data (1/1/2010-31/12/2012) were reviewed for TACO cases (frequency an...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Parmar N,Pendergrast J,Lieberman L,Lin Y,Callum J,Cserti-Gazdewich C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Transfusion support for immune-mediated platelet refractoriness (PR) is clinically challenging, technically laborious and costly. The development of 'EpHLA/EpVix software' has been used successfully to select kidney donors. Here, we sought to evaluate this new software as a tool for platelet v...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Bub CB,Gonçalez AC,Barjas-Castro ML,Sousa LC,do Monte SJ,Castro V

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To prove the feasibility of a semi-automated cross-match procedure using a commercially available solid-phase microplate test and standard laboratory equipment. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The new procedure was evaluated against the conventional spin tube technique and the gel centrifugation system....

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Ostendorf N,Niefhoff D,Cassens U,Sibrowski W

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Leucocyte-derived cytokines accumulate in stored whole blood. Pre-storage leucocyte depletion has reduced cytokine levels and, consequently, febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions. As leucocyte filtration and component separation can be performed until 24 h after donation, we hypothesize...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Chudziak D,Sireis W,Pfeiffer HU,Henschler R,Seifried E,Bönig H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-operative blood cell salvage (IOCS) is mainly avoided in onco surgery due to the suspicion that it could increase metastasis' risk. We simulated IOCS followed by leucodepletion: HCT116 (human colorectal cancer) cells were inoculated into packed red blood cells units, and their distribution was evaluated, step-by...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Marraccini C,Merolle L,Berni P,Boito K,Tamagnini I,Kuhn E,Ragazzi M,Baricchi R,Pertinhez TA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Bombay, Le(a-b-) saliva was shown to lack Pneumococcus type XIV activity, an unusual situation, since this sample should be rich in this precursor to the ABO blood group substances. However, the sample was found to contain a new serological specificity, Le-c. It is argued that simple Mendelian inheritance does not o...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Savvas RS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 2,829 participants in a population health survey were tested for the presence of a heterophilic antibody, detectable by immunofluorescence. The antibody was found in 9.8% of the sera from women and in 12.4% of the sera from men. The age-specific prevalence of the antibody was relatively constant in women but...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Hawkins BR,Saueracker GC,Dawkins RL,Davey MG,O'Connor KJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00