Plasma and plasma derivatives in therapeutic plasmapheresis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:If anti-hepatitis B core antibody testing is not mandated blood donors with occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) may transmit hepatitis B virus (HBV) to a recipient in spite of the use of nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) or pathogen inactivation (PI). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:We developed a model t...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Weusten J,van Drimmelen H,Vermeulen M,Lelie N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The direct transfusion of thawed hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) is associated to transfusion-related side effects that are thought to be dose-dependent on the infused dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Both the effectiveness of a fully automated cell processing device to washing out DMSO and the effects of DM...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Rodríguez L,Velasco B,García J,Martín-Henao GA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The severity of hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) due to Diego(b) (Di(b)) mismatch ranges from no symptoms to severe jaundice that requires exchange transfusion (ET). The clinical significance of anti-Di(b) is incompletely recognized. CASE REPORT:A male newborn, referred with jaundice, was revealed to ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mochizuki K,Ohto H,Hirai S,Ujiie N,Amanuma F,Kikuta A,Miura S,Yasuda H,Ishijima A,Suzuki H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DITP) is a serious, life-threatening clinical syndrome, the diagnosis of which is consistently difficult. In this report, we present a case of DITP caused by meropenem that was confirmed by laboratory tests. CASE REPORT:A 59-year-old male patient developed severe thromb...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Huang R,Cai GQ,Zhang JH,Liu FX,Ma JQ,Liu H,Nie XM,Gui R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is due to maternal alloimmunization against fetal platelet (PLT) antigens. Antenatal management strategies have been developed to avoid complications such as intracranial hemorrhage. The aim of this study was to set up two reliable, noninvasive fetal gen...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Le Toriellec E,Chenet C,Kaplan C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients who need peripheral blood stem cell transplantation do not have peripheral venous access that would allow apheresis for stem cell collection. Subclavian apheresis catheters have an unacceptably high incidence of thrombosis-related access failure. A technique has been developed for translumbar placement o...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Haire WD,Lieberman RP,Lund GB,Wieczorek BM,Armitage JO,Kessinger A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been controversy over whether HLA alloimmunization is a risk factor for platelet (PLT) transfusion refractoriness (PTR) in hematopoietic peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation (HPBPCT). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Reported here is a boy with relapsed leukemia who developed fatal PTR after a...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Nakazawa Y,Saito S,Hasegawa Y,Yanagisawa R,Sakashita K,Kamijo T,Miyazaki T,Sato S,Ikeda H,Ikebuchi K,Koike K

更新日期：2007-02-01 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:Babesia microti, the most frequently implicated pathogen in transfusion-transmitted babesiosis, is widely endemic in the Northeast and upper Midwestern United States. High seroprevalence in endemic areas limits antibody-based donor screening. A high-performance molecular test is needed to identify donors in ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Bloch EM,Lee TH,Krause PJ,Telford SR 3rd,Montalvo L,Chafets D,Usmani-Brown S,Lepore TJ,Busch MP

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies analyzing motivation factors that lead to blood donation have found altruism to be the primary motivation factor; however, social capital has not been analyzed in this context. Our study examines the association between motivation factors (altruism, self-interest, and response to direct appeal) and s...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Gonçalez TT,Di Lorenzo Oliveira C,Carneiro-Proietti AB,Moreno EC,Miranda C,Larsen N,Wright D,Leão S,Loureiro P,de Almeida-Neto C,Lopes MI,Proietti FA,Custer B,Sabino E,NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of transfusion over the past century and a half has been described as one of the blessings of modern medicine. But, in some ways, it is emerging as a decidedly mixed blessing, bringing epidemics as well as improved health. Given all the practice has been through, now is the right time to take a critica...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Farrugia A,Starr D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet factor 4 (PF4) is a marker for in vitro and in vivo tests of platelet (PLT) activation and alpha-granule secretion. PF4 is also a major CXC cytokine released during storage. Cytokines released during PLT storage are a potential cause of nonhemolytic transfusion reactions. Quantitative measurement of...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Schraw T,Whiteheart S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed complement (C) activation during intermittent flow apheresis procedures (Haemonetics model 30) in four subjects, two of whom developed adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Actual C3 conversion during apheresis was illustrated by the finding of significantly elevated C3d levels (p less than 0.05) and...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Boogaerts MA,Roelant C,Goossens W,Verwilghen RL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In experimental pneumonia we found that transfused older blood increased mortality and lung injury that was associated with increased in vivo hemolysis and elevated plasma cell-free hemoglobin (CFH), non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI), and plasma labile iron (PLI) levels. In this study, we additionally analyz...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Wang D,Cortés-Puch I,Sun J,Solomon SB,Kanias T,Remy KE,Feng J,Alimchandani M,Quezado M,Helms C,Perlegas A,Gladwin MT,Kim-Shapiro DB,Klein HG,Natanson C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding factors that impact tissue oxygen extraction may guide red blood cell (RBC) transfusion decision making in preterm infants. Our objective was to assess the influence of enteral feeding and anemia on cerebral and mesenteric oxygen saturation (Csat and Msat) and fractional tissue oxygen extractio...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Goldstein GP,Rao A,Ling AY,Ding VY,Chang IJ,Chock VY

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective risk communication in transfusion medicine is important for health-care consumers, but understanding the numerical magnitude of risks can be difficult. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a visual risk communication tool on the knowledge and perception of transfusion risk. S...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lee DH,Mehta MD

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1996, the Danish National Board of Health recommended hepatitis C virus (HCV) lookback to identify recipients of blood components from donors found to be positive since the implementation of anti-HCV screening in 1991. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:The aim was to accumulate results of the lookback at a nation...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Christensen PB,Groenbaek K,Krarup HB

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Absolute counts of CD4+ T-lymphocytes are used in the management of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Low absolute counts of CD3+CD4+ cells have also been observed in healthy people--a phenomenon called idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia. It is common practice for normal ranges for lymphocyte...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Bryant JA,Wylie BR,Yuan FF,Ribeiro A,Thomson AR,Cooley MA,Fletcher A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study whether metabolic suppression can be used to preserve platelet (PLT) function during prolonged storage was investigated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Washed human PLTs were incubated without glucose and with antimycin A to block energy generation. Metabolic suppressed PLTs (MSPs) were stored for 7...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Badlou BA,Ijseldijk MJ,Smid WM,Akkerman JW

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Passive immunotherapy in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is based on transfusions of plasma that is rich in HIV antibodies. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:To verify whether the clearance of transfused antibodies will maintain an elevated titer of specific antibodies between biweekly transfusions of p...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lefrère JJ,Roudot-Thoraval F,Vittecoq D,Heshmati F,Audat F,Lerable J,Reed D,Petit JC,Burghoffer B,Morand-Joubert L

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobilized peripheral blood is the most common source of CD34+ cells intended for transplantations. The collection and enrichment of CD34+ cells could be affected by various factors and there are some controversies regarding the effects of patient-related factors. The aim of this study was to assess the impac...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kresnik PK,Krasna M,Rozman P,Vrtovec B,Malicev E

更新日期：2016-07-01 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:Antibodies produced against the D antigen make use of IGHV genes restricted to the IGHV3 superfamily. These findings are based on the IGHV gene analysis in anti-D-producing B cells from hyperimmunized donors, however, and therefore the restriction might be due to the hyperimmunization. In this study the IGHV...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dohmen SE,Verhagen OJ,Muit J,Ligthart PC,van der Schoot CE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DNA testing has enabled the documenting of numerous variants of RHCE alleles, especially in individuals of African origin. The risk for production of clinically significant alloantibodies to Rh antigens of patients carrying variant RHCE alleles has led us to analyze the different RhCE variants investigated b...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Pham BN,Peyrard T,Juszczak G,Beolet M,Deram G,Martin-Blanc S,Dubeaux I,Roussel M,Kappler-Gratias S,Gien D,Poupel S,Rouger P,Le Pennec PY

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We reported previously that the incidence of breakage was 34.2 percent when human RBCs were frozen with 40-percent wt/vol glycerol in polyolefin plastic bags stored in aluminum containers at -80 degrees C and subjected to transportation. When human RBCs were frozen with 40-percent wt/vol glycerol at -80 degr...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Valeri CR,Lane JP,Srey R,Ragno G

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab has immune-modulatory effects similar to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the efficacy and safety of rituximab in autoimmune diseases that are also treated with IVIG. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:The mo...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： MacIsaac J,Siddiqui R,Jamula E,Li N,Baker S,Webert KE,Evanovitch D,Heddle NM,Arnold DM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The overall number of red blood cell (RBC) units distributed to hospitals throughout the world and in the United States has decreased lately. This study was performed to determine if the number of antigen-negative RBC units distributed to hospitals has followed this trend. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Stratifie...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Yazer MH,Anani WQ,Denomme GA,Karafin MS,Sayers M,Shaz BH,Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transfusion of platelet concentrates (PCs) is the basic treatment for severe platelet disorders. PCs carry the risk of pathogen transmission, especially bacteria. Pathogen reduction (PR) by addition of photochemical reagents and irradiation with visible or ultraviolet (UV) light can significantly reduce this...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mohr H,Steil L,Gravemann U,Thiele T,Hammer E,Greinacher A,Müller TH,Völker U

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uncommonly, antibodies that appear to exhibit antigenic specificity on red blood cell (RBC) panels fail to maintain specificity following alloadsorption (i.e., they mimic antigenic specificity). Understanding both the pitfalls and the proper pathways to establish the diagnosis and to interpret the clinical s...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dwyre DM,Clapper A,Heintz M,Elbert C,Strauss RG

更新日期：2004-09-01 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