The ethics of blood management.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Autoantibodies to CD36, a platelet glycoprotein, have been found in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, and in those with lupus-like anticoagulant with thrombotic complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Conventional hematologic and laboratory methods were used. The patient was a p...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Borzini P,Riva M,Nembri P,Rossi E,Pagliaro P,Vergani P,Greppi P,Tantardini P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of parasitic diseases are known, or suspected to be transmitted by blood transfusion. Of greatest concern are malaria and Chagas' disease, but babesia, leishmania and toxoplasmosis also offer risk in particular locations or circumstances. Some of these parasites may be imported into non-endemic areas as a res...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Dodd RY

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four Kp(a-b-) Japanese sisters, the product of a consanguineous mating, have otherwise normal Kell antigens. Kpc, a 'new' allele of Kpa and Kpb is the most probable background. ...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Yamaguchi H,Okubo Y,Seno T,Matsushita K,Daniels GL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rationale for using topical platelet gel therapy is to provide the healing tissues with concentrated platelet-derived factors. Several systems are available to prepare platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and from these, the platelet gel. These systems produce two- to six-fold platelet and growth factor-enriched c...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Mazzucco L,Balbo V,Cattana E,Guaschino R,Borzini P

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet function in thrombosis and haemostasis is reasonably well understood at the molecular level with respect to the proteins involved in cellular structure, signalling networks and platelet interaction with clotting factors and other cells. However, the natural history of these proteins has only recently garnered...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Schubert P,Devine DV

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot study for large-scale automated plasmapheresis using the Haemonetics Model 50 machine was undertaken in the Yorkshire Region of the United Kingdom to determine the viability of such a programme for national self-sufficiency in fresh plasma procurement for factor VIII concentrate production. The study was desig...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Robinson AE,Penny AF,Smith J,Tovey DL

更新日期：1983-03-01 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：:This study reports the adaptation of an electronic particle-counting method for the enumeration of T cell and B cell rosettes of human lymphocytes. This method and the conventional hemocytometer method were compared in parallel on seventeen T cell and seven B cell rosette enumerations in a blind study design. All data...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Denny TN,Kinsley KM,Benson JW,Bull RW

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) occurring in a 30-year-old Caucasian man is described. His blood groups were B, CDe/cDE (R1R2, f-) K-, S-s+, Fy (a + b-), and Jk (a + b +). Eight days after receiving two units of packed red blood cells, his urine was strongly positive for hemoglobin; serum-free hemoglob...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： O'Reilly RA,Lombard CM,Azzi RL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In this EQA study a novel approach was used to assess the performance of blood centres and blood product manufacturers in detecting the possible contamination of plasma with HCV, HIV and HBV by NAT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A panel of 12 samples, three negative and three positive for each virus,...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Pisani G,Marino F,Cristiano K,Bisso GM,Mele C,Luciani F,Wirz M,Gentili G,External Quality Assessment Participants.

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BS II lectin, a second hemagglutinin isolated from Bandeiraea simplicifolia seeds, agglutinated the red cells from 11 patients manifesting the 'acquired B' antigen phenomenon. The results of serological studies indicate that this lectin has specificity for the type III polyagglutinable receptors rather than for the 'B...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Judd WJ,Beck ML,Hicklin BL,Iyer PN,Goldstein IJ

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet antibodies were looked for in 47 patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenia using a modification of the enzyme-linked assay previously described. Surface-bound antibodies measured as increased platelet-associated IgG were found in 32 (68%) of the patients. After incubation in test sera, the platelet-associated...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Hegde UM,Bowes A,Powell DK,Joyner MV

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections have been reported among hemophiliacs who received factor VIII concentrates which had been purified by ion-exchange chromatography and treated by the solvent detergent (SD) method. Since the virus inactivation procedure of our manufacturing process is heat treatment of the stabilized...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Hilfenhaus J,Nowak T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A therapeutic trial of plasma exchange was conducted in an 82-year-old woman with severe cold agglutinin hemolytic anemia, who was unresponsive to conventional treatment. In spite of considerable improvement of pertinent parameters (total IgM, cold agglutinin titer and thermal amplitude) this treatment failed to induc...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Rodenhuis S,Maas A,Hazenberg CA,Das PC,Nieweg HO

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of cord blood transplants has been increasing very quickly with more than 250 cases reported to Eurocord Registry and more than 500 patients transplanted via the New York Cord Blood Bank. Cord blood transplants have been performed either with related or unrelated cord blood. Several cord blood banks establi...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Gluckman E,Rocha V,Chastang C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 50 recipients of HBsAg-negative blood who had undergone cardiac surgery, 4 (8%) developed acute non-A, non-B hepatitis. The patients who developed hepatitis had received significantly more units of blood or blood products than the patients who had no hepatitis. The incubation period of the di...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Tur-Kaspa R,Shimon DV,Shalit M,Adler R,Shraga S,Manny N,Morag A,Eliakim M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In a preliminary study, the presence of potassium and magnesium in a modified synthetic medium (PAS-III) was found to have a significant influence on platelet metabolism (using apheresis-derived, as well as buffy-coat-derived platelets) when compared with standard PAS-III. The differences incl...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Gulliksson H,AuBuchon JP,Cardigan R,van der Meer PF,Murphy S,Prowse C,Richter E,Ringwald J,Smacchia C,Slichter S,de Wildt-Eggen J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Transfusion based on the Thrombelastograph (TEG) results reduces transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery and in liver transplantation. Taking the pivotal role of thrombin generation in the coagulation process into consideration, the clinical utility of the TEG may, in part, depend on its r...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Johansson PI,Svendsen MS,Salado J,Bochsen L,Kristensen AT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood stem cell cryopreservation is associated with cell damage and decreased viability. We evaluated the impact of up to 10 years of cryopreservation (5% DMSO) on viability of CD34(+) cells utilizing graft samples of consecutive patients (2002-2012) with different malignancies who underwent stem cell colle...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Abbruzzese L,Agostini F,Durante C,Toffola RT,Rupolo M,Rossi FM,Lleshi A,Zanolin S,Michieli M,Mazzucato M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Partially replacing plasma with additive solutions in platelet (PLT) concentrates (PCs) may help to reduce transfusion reactions. Constituents of PLT additive solutions (PASs) have been revealed to affect the quality of PCs. Previous studies involved pairwise comparison of identical PLTs with ...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Nogawa M,Naito Y,Chatani M,Onodera H,Shiba M,Okazaki H,Matsuzaki K,Satake M,Nakajima K,Tadokoro K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Routine serologic D typing does not distinguish between weak D subtypes and partial D phenotypes. The goal of this study was to validate the performance of the ID RHD XT genotyping assay. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Previously serotyped samples for D antigen (n = 1000; 16% weak D serotyped donors) w...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Molano A,Apraiz I,España P,Azkarate M,Vesga MÁ,Rubia M,Piedrabuena M,Puente F,Veldhuisen B,van der Schoot E,Tejedor D,López M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic properties of standard gamma globulin (St-GG) and of several gamma globulin (GG) preparations for intravenous use were analyzed in radioactive tracer studies. The in vivo behaviour of St-GG was investigated in 16 probands and found to be comparable to that of normal IgG. The kinetics of the resorption of St-...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Morell A,Schürch B,Ryser D,Hofer F,Skvaril F,Barandun S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following transfusion, red cells labeled with nonradioactive chromium (52Cr) can be detected in the circulation using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Both in rhesus monkeys and in human subjects, the survival of red cells labeled with 52Cr was found to be insignificantly different from that of cells labeled with ...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Sioufi HA,Button LN,Jacobson MS,Kevy SV

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The platelet gel is made by embedding concentrate platelets within a semisolid (gel) network of polymerized fibrin. It is believed that this blood component will be used more and more in the treatment of several clinical conditions and as an adjunctive material in tissue engineering. Several systems are avai...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Mazzucco L,Balbo V,Cattana E,Borzini P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent changes have resulted in the loss of 4% of the donor panel in the Republic of Ireland and 3% in Northern Ireland. In order to increase the number of donors in these two regions, it is important that transfusion service providers explore and understand the reasons, which prevent individuals from donati...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Harrington M,Sweeney MR,Bailie K,Morris K,Kennedy A,Boilson A,O'Riordan J,Staines A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND  Whole blood (WB) donation encompasses several periods during which some donors faint. Identification of factors associated with fainting during each period should guide intervention strategies. Reducing faint reactions may reduce donor injuries and disability. METHODS  Blood donation was divided into three...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Bravo M,Kamel H,Custer B,Tomasulo P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Lewis gene encodes an alpha(1,3/1,4)-fucosyltransferase responsible for synthesis of the Le(a) and a Le(b) antigens. To define the molecular background for non-functional Lewis genes we have sequenced PCR-amplified DNA fragments from two Le(a-b-) individuals. One was homozygously mutated at nucleotides 202(T...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Elmgren A,Börjeson C,Svensson L,Rydberg L,Larson G

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Red-blood-cell (RBC) transfusion is associated with lung injury, which is further exacerbated by mechanical ventilation. Manufacturing methods of blood products differ globally and may play a role in the induction of pulmonary cell activation through alteration of the immunomodulatory property...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Wirtz MR,Almizraq RJ,Weber NC,Norris PJ,Pandey S,Spinella PC,Muszynski JA,P Acker J,Juffermans NP

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of IgM antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) was investigated in blood donor sera which were indeterminate in anti-HIV-1 IgG Western blot testing. In 7 of 173 instances out of approximately 1,000,000 blood donation sera with an isolated anti-p24 IgG produced an anti-gp41-45 IgM immunoblot r...

journal_title：Vox sanguinis

authors： Knüver-Hopf J,Heinze H,Lambrecht B,Mohr H,Beyer J,Schmitt H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00