First Zika-positive donations in the continental United States.

abstract：:A fluorometric assay is described for the detection of red blood cell antibodies. The assay reveals as little as 600 molecules of bound, fluoresceinated rabbit anti-human IgG antibodies per erythrocyte. Eleven patients with possible autoimmune erythrocyte disorder and negative direct antiglobulin test were studied by ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Schreiber AB,Lambermont M,Strosberg AD,Wybran J

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The survival of fresh and preserved platelets has been used primarily to determine their therapeutic effectiveness. The function of the fresh and preserved platelets has been difficult to assess. In stable thrombocytopenic patients, platelet function of fresh and preserved allogeneic platelets is evaluated b...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Valeri CR,MacGregor H,Giorgio A,Ragno G

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our blood bank is part of a large academic institution with an active sickle cell anemia program. We provide sickle patients with blood phenotypically matched for C/c, E/e, and K antigens. Since licensed reagents are available for phenotyping C/c, E/e, and K on an automated blood analyzer, we decided to eval...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Le N,Harach ME,Kay JK,Brown RP,Everetts JN,Herman JH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This multicenter study was performed to evaluate the efficiency of a multiplex individual-donation nucleic acid amplification technology (ID-NAT) and discriminatory testing algorithm for detecting hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Chinese blood donors. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:A total of 1,205,796 hepati...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Gou H,Pan Y,Ge H,Zheng Y,Wu Y,Zeng J,Yang Z,Pan T,Cun W,Zhou G,Fang G,Zhang J,Zhang K,Zhang R,Sun Y,Xie J,Li J,Wang L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan cause of Chagas disease, causes life-long infection and is easily transmitted by blood transfusion. Our goals were to determine the prevalence of Chagas disease among donors in five Mexican blood banks, to look for evidence of transmission of T. cruzi by transfusion, and to e...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kirchhoff LV,Paredes P,Lomelí-Guerrero A,Paredes-Espinoza M,Ron-Guerrero CS,Delgado-Mejía M,Peña-Muñoz JG

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Red blood cells (RBCs) undergo changes during storage. Various studies have suggested a higher risk of adverse and often multifactorial clinical outcomes associated with older-stored RBCs. Our aim therefore was to examine if storage of transfused RBCs is also associated with the risk of RBC-specific alloanti...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Zalpuri S,Schonewille H,Middelburg R,van de Watering L,de Vooght K,Zimring J,van der Bom JG,Zwaginga JJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Umbilical cord blood (UCB) can be used as hematopoietic stem cell source for transplantation. The success of a transplantation is highly correlated with the number of total nucleated cells (TNCs) and CD34+ cells in the UCB. Certain obstetric factors increase the yield of stem cells in the UCB. It is necessar...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Manegold G,Meyer-Monard S,Tichelli A,Pauli D,Holzgreve W,Troeger C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our study characterizes blood use in the ambulatory setting by US elderly Medicare beneficiaries during 2001. As the US population ages and delivery of health care in outpatient settings is on the rise, ambulatory blood utilization is expected to increase. There is currently a lack of broad population-based ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Menis M,Burwen DR,Holness L,Anderson SA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first issue of TRANSFUSION in 1961, there has been a tremendous expansion in not only the number of blood group antigens identified but also in our knowledge of their biochemical basis, function, and more recently, associated DNA changes. As certain techniques became available, our ability to discover and el...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Daniels G,Reid ME

更新日期：2010-02-01 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:Since their description in the 1970s, anti-Hr(B) (antibody against a high-prevalence Rh antigen) and anti-hr(B) (anti-e-like antibody) are still a subject of debate about representing two aspects of a global immune response or being two independent antibodies. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:The aim of this study ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Pham BN,Peyrard T,Tourret S,Beolet M,Many H,Juszczak G,Roussel M,Kappler-Gratias S,Rouger P,Le Pennec PY

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chikungunya (CHIKV), dengue (DENV), and Zika (ZIKV) viruses are of concern due to the potential of transfusion transmission in blood, especially in regions such as Southeast Asia where the viruses are endemic. The recent availability of nucleic acid testing (NAT) to screen blood donations on an automated pla...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Stanley J,Chongkolwatana V,Duong PT,Kitpoka P,Stramer SL,Dung NTT,Grimm KE,Pojanasingchod A,Suksomboonvong P,Galel SA

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transfusion medicine lacks a standard method for the systematic collection and analysis of event reports. Review of event reports from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showed a relative paucity of information on event causation. Thus, a causal analysis method was developed as part of a prototype Medica...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kaplan HS,Battles JB,Van der Schaaf TW,Shea CE,Mercer SQ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to explore the molecular basis of the p phenotype by analysis of the recently cloned 4-alpha-galactosyltransferase gene responsible for synthesis of Pk (Gb3) antigen. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Forty samples from individuals of eight different nationalities were investigated by s...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hellberg A,Steffensen R,Yahalom V,Sojka BN,Heier HE,Levene C,Poole J,Olsson ML

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparent anti-Jka, reacting only in the presence of methyl esters of hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA), was detected in an individual with Jk (a+) red blood cells. The antibody was first detected when a commercial low-ionic-strength-solution preparation containing the preservative methyl paraben (a methyl ester of hydroxyb...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Halima D,Garratty G,Bueno R

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The RHD gene is flanked by two highly homologous DNA segments of approximately 9000 bp, the upstream and downstream Rhesus boxes. In haplotypes with an RHD deletion, the fusion of the two Rhesus boxes generates the single-hybrid Rhesus box, the detection of which has been applied for RHD zygosity determinati...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Wagner FF,Moulds JM,Flegel WA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) is frequently transfused to patients with mild prolongation of coagulation values under the assumption that FFP will correct the coagulopathy. There is little evidence to support this practice, however. To determine the effect of FFP on coagulation variables and correlation with ble...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Abdel-Wahab OI,Healy B,Dzik WH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A reliable, validated method for rapidly determining HPC viability is essential for clinical cell engineering. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:A fluorometric cell viability assay using acridine orange and propidium iodide (AO/PI) was compared to the current standard, trypan blue (TB) exclusion. Viable cells staine...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mascotti K,McCullough J,Burger SR

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Collections and transfusions of blood in the United States in 1994 were measured and compared with those in 1992. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Completed survey questionnaires were returned by all 147 regional blood centers, 1340 American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) member hospitals, and 523 non-AABB hospi...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Wallace EL,Churchill WH,Surgenor DM,Cho GS,McGurk S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion medicine (TM) physicians provide medical services that benefit all patients such as providing 24-hour laboratory coverage, advising health care providers on test interpretation and selection, validating new methods, and supervising technical personnel. These services ensure delivery of accurate, reliable, ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Jhang JS,Francis RO,Winkler A,Tormey C

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty samples of frozen human plasma were thawed in a 37 C water bath following storage at -80 C for 48 hours. Twenty of these samples were protected by heat-sealed polyethylene overwraps prior to freezing and thawing. The remaining 20 samples were unprotected. None of the protected samples leaked during thawing. The ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Smith DA,Monaghan WP,Orcutt RM,Barracchini AE,Valeri CR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information exists on the specific transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) risk reduction practices used by multiple blood collecting institutions in the United States. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:An AABB-appointed TRALI working group designed a set of questions about TRALI risk reduction for plat...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kleinman S,Grossman B,Kopko P

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:This study reports the incidence of Wr(a) antigen and anti-Wr(a) in Valencia, Spain. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:The incidence of the Wr(a) antigen in 110,000 healthy blood donors was estimated. Likewise, the incidence of anti-Wr(a) was analyzed in a population consisting of 730 healthy blood donors, 356 pregn...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Arriaga F,Llopis F,de la Rubia J,Carpio N,Moscardó J,Marty ML

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After allogeneic peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) transplantation, a patient developed a severe hemolytic transfusion reaction due to passenger lymphocyte syndrome. CASE REPORT:A 50-year-old woman with secondary acute myeloid leukemia transforming from a myelodysplastic syndrome received an ABO-compa...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Leo A,Mytilineos J,Voso MT,Weber-Nordt R,Liebisch P,Lensing C,Schraven B

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current national standards for pretransfusion testing do not address the frequency or optimal time interval to repeat antibody identification testing for patients in whom antibodies have been previously detected. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:A retrospective review was performed of patients with existing red blo...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dinh A,Eliason K,Dzik WS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little evidence to guide management of patients with acute leukemia and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Predictors of long-term outcome following ICH are unknown. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:This study included adult patients with acute leukemia and ICH over an 8-year period. The primary outcome was da...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Nixon S,Lieberman L,Atenafu EG,Doherty M,Murray C,Wolfe A,Brandys D,Rowland S,Kwan BY,Yu E,Lechner B,Maze D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ABO is a blood group system of high clinical significance due to the prevalence of ABO variation that can cause major, potentially life-threatening, transfusion reactions. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Using multiple large-scale next-generation sequence data sets, we demonstrate the application of read-depth app...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Fox K,Johnsen JM,Coe BP,Frazar CD,Reiner AP,NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, Minority Health-GRID Network.,Eichler EE,Nickerson DA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose therapy with autologous stem cell support after standard dose induction is a promising approach for therapy of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). High-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is a standard drug for induction of PCNSL; however, data about the capacity of HD-MTX plus granulocyte-colo...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kiefer T,Krüger WH,Montemurro M,Schüler F,Hirt C,Pasold R,Niederwieser D,Schwenke M,Dölken G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Almost 20% of parvovirus B19 foetal infections require intrauterine transfusions. In addition, myocardial dysfunction has been observed in severe parvovirus B19 infections. One objective of an intrauterine exchange transfusion (IUET) is to avoid an overload during the transfusion. Our aim was to study the ob...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Vanspranghels R,Houfflin-Debarge V,Vaast P,Coulon C,Clouqueur E,Hanssens S,Rakza T,Subtil D,Garabedian C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00