Acute lung injury after blood transfusion in mechanically ventilated patients.

abstract：:A non-diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP)-plasticized blood bag for 5-day storage of random-donor platelet concentrates has been developed. The plastic bag is composed of polyvinylchloride plastic with a butyryl trihexyl citrate plasticizer. The suitability of this plastic for the storage of platelet concentrates for use in...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Snyder EL,Aster RH,Heaton A,Grode G,Napychank P,Kagen L,Jefferies LC,Hedberg S,Buchholz DH

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microwave oven has been specifically modified to permit rapid thawing of fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) by using a rotating disc with a temperature sensor to hold the plasma bag. This modification makes it possible to mix the FFP continuously during thawing, and automatically shuts the oven off when the plasma reaches 21...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Rock G,Tackaberry ES,Dunn JG,Kashyap S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD34 flow cytometry is the gold standard for stem cell enumeration in peripheral blood at the mobilization stage and in the final apheresis product. The new stem cell mode of the Sysmex XN Series analyzer enumerates an immature cell population in the white progenitor and pathological cell (WPC) channel, base...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Grommé M,Russcher H,Braakman E,Klinkspoor JH,Dobber JA,de Greef I,de Wit NCJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to estimate the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection via the transfusion of blood tested by inappropriately stored or expired rapid antibody assays in Zambia. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Surgical patients (n = 370) were tested with antibody assays (HIV-spot and HIV...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Consten EC,van der Meer JT,de Wolf F,Heij HA,Henny PC,van Lanschot JJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiothoracic surgery places significant demands on blood bank resources. Measures aimed at reducing intraoperative hemodilution were initiated as part of a blood conservation program. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:We initiated a series of measures aimed at reducing hemodilution volume: 1) reduction of intraven...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Tran MH,Lin DM,Wilcox T,Schiro D,Cannesson M,Milliken J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because the frequency of umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cell transplantation has increased, the quality of UCB available in banks is an important part of the success of UCB stem cell transplants. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:A quality assurance monitoring system was used to evaluate 268 UCB units provided to u...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： McCullough J,McKenna D,Kadidlo D,Schierman T,Wagner J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All studied photosensitizers for virus inactivation impair RBCs. To reduce damage to the RBCs without affecting virucidal activity, selective protection of the RBCs is necessary. The ability of the band 3 ligand, dipyridamole, to react with singlet oxygen and to increase the selectivity of photosterilization...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： vanSteveninck J,Trannoy LL,Besselink GA,Dubbelman TM,Brand A,de Korte D,Verhoeven AJ,Lagerberg JW

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyldopa can produce both a positive direct antiglobulin test and less commonly a positive indirect antiglobulin test. When the drug-induced antibody is present in the serum, it acts as a panagglutinin and reacts with all normal red blood cells; consequently crossmatch-compatible blood cannot be prepared. Although t...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Snyder EL,Spivack M

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no reports in the transfusion medicine literature that describe adverse reactions and donor arm injuries after whole-blood donation based on solicited information. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:The present study solicited adverse reaction and donor arm injury information from 1000 randomly selected who...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Newman BH,Pichette S,Pichette D,Dzaka E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After immunization with native human red cells and red cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum, mouse splenocytes were fused with a myeloma cell line to obtain hybridomas. Among the antibodies specific for blood group antigens, four antibodies (iB3C4, F12, MR432, and iB4) directed against epitopes related to the Rh ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Rouger P,Edelman L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Borrelia miyamotoi, a recently discovered relapsing fever spirochete, occurs in hard-bodied ticks wherever Lyme disease is endemic. Human infection is associated with relapsing fever and can cause meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients. A few cases of transfusion transmission of other relapsing fe...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Krause PJ,Hendrickson JE,Steeves TK,Fish D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed donor return rates, donation frequency, and factors related to the evolution of ferritin levels 2 years after entering donors into a large operational study of ferritin testing. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Ferritin testing was done on donors from representative clinics (n = 12,595). Low-ferritin do...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Goldman M,Uzicanin S,Osmond L,Yi QL,Scalia V,O'Brien SF

更新日期：2018-12-01 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: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:Deferral for travel to malaria-endemic areas excludes many blood donors in the United States. Most transfusion-transmitted malaria is associated with lengthy residence in malaria-endemic areas rather than routine travel. This study compares the impact of existing deferral requirements to the risk that a pres...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Spencer B,Steele W,Custer B,Kleinman S,Cable R,Wilkinson S,Wright D

更新日期：2009-11-01 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:Using umbilical cord blood (UCB) cells, it was demonstrated that three virulent isolates, two highly transmissible clinical isolates and the virulent laboratory strain, demonstrated rapid growth in the UCB cells, which was significantly faster than the growth rate observed for a unique isolate. There was als...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Theus JW,Justus RS,Theus SA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The proposal to assess the viability capabilities of platelets (PLTs) collected, treated, or stored in a developmental system against "fresh" PLTs from the same subject poses several important methodologic issues pertaining to the timing and manner of the collecting and separating the fresh PLTs. This study ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： AuBuchon JP,Herschel L,Roger J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitals are required by accrediting agencies to perform blood utilization review. Specific areas that must be addressed are the ordering, distribution, handling, dispensing, and administration of blood components. Monitoring the effects of transfusion on patients is also required. The format of the review process an...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Stehling L,Luban NL,Anderson KC,Sayers MH,Long A,Attar S,Leitman SF,Gould SA,Kruskall MS,Goodnough LT

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:The effects of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) on hemostasis were investigated extensively. In order to simulate acute blood loss due to surgery or trauma, one unit (450 ml) of blood was drawn from normal healthy men. This was followed by a 1-liter infusion over 60 minutes of either 6 percent HES, 5 percent albumin, or 0.9 ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Stump DC,Strauss RG,Henriksen RA,Petersen RE,Saunders R

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving apheresis technology may lead to an efficient and safe peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection. Recently, the Spectra Optia (Optia, Terumo BCT) was introduced as an automated apheresis instrument, but comparisons with other instruments have been few. This is the first randomized multicenter an...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Ikeda K,Minakawa K,Muroi K,Fujiwara SI,Yamada-Fujiwara M,Fujimori Y,Tanosaki R,Ohto H,Study Group for Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection, Cell Therapy Committee, The Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy.

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemolysis of red blood cells (RBCs) during blood bank storage is the most obvious manifestation of RBC storage system failure. However, its analysis is made difficult because the largest source of interunit difference is donor specific. Availability of data from national blood systems on large numbers of RBC...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hess JR,Sparrow RL,van der Meer PF,Acker JP,Cardigan RA,Devine DV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases are presented in which the presence of sodium caprylate dependent albumin auto-agglutinins in the patients' sera resulted in erroneous Rh-hr phenotyping of their erythrocytes. In the initial testing, the albumin control was negative in each case. Since one of the cases was an Rh0(D) negative individual who...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Reid ME,Ellisor SS,Frank BA

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standard plateletpheresis techniques and effects on platelet (PLT) donors were investigated to provide an informative basis for advancement of apheresis software. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Three paired groups with 33 male and 22 female blood donors were prospectively investigated by analyzing blood counts of...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Strasser EF,Schuster M,Egler K,Bauer J,Weisbach V,Ringwald J,Zimmermann R,Zingsem J,Eckstein R

更新日期：2005-05-01 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:In the past 10 years, PCR-based methods have been described to allow the detection of gene polymorphisms responsible for many blood group antigens. These methods are routinely used to test samples of fetal origin and to resolve serologic discrepancies. Another interesting application of blood group genotypin...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： St-Louis M,Perreault J,Lemieux R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disquieting reports of increased complication and death rates after transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs) stored for more than 14 days prompted us to perform an observational retrospective cohort study of mortality in relation to storage time. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:We conducted a cohort study utilizing ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Edgren G,Kamper-Jørgensen M,Eloranta S,Rostgaard K,Custer B,Ullum H,Murphy EL,Busch MP,Reilly M,Melbye M,Hjalgrim H,Nyrén O

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet concentrates (PCs) are the most common blood components eliciting nonhemolytic transfusion reactions (NHTRs), such as allergic transfusion reactions and febrile reactions. However, the precise mechanisms of NHTRs in PC transfusion remain largely unknown. Previous studies reported that mitochondria-d...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Yasui K,Matsuyama N,Kuroishi A,Tani Y,Furuta RA,Hirayama F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunomodulatory effects of UV light have increasingly become a focus in transfusion medicine, BMT and transplantation immunology. In the transplant setting, the use of UVB radiation may reduce or abolish T-cell activation without compromising either bone marrow (BM) engraftment or graft-versus-leukemia effe...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Lankford KV,Mosunjac M,Hillyer CD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00