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Over‐Transfusion and Unnecessary Transfusion Following Post‐Partum Haemorrhage at Te Toka Tumai Auckland Hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Blood transfusion is an important treatment for obstetric haemorrhage. Transfusion also engenders significant short and long‐term risks. Ensuring blood products are only given when necessary is a priority in improving outcomes. Aims To describe the population transfused at a single unit in New Zealand and identify the proportion of ...
J. Stefanus Grobler, Lynn C. Sadler, John Thompson, Matthew Drake, Beatrice Treadwell, Jenny McDougall, Meghan G. Hill   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for improving platelet transfusion practice: A large retrospective audit across 22 hospitals

British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
Summary Despite evidence‐based guidelines to inform platelet transfusion practice, unnecessary platelet transfusion persists. We performed a multicentre retrospective analysis of adults admitted to general medicine, subspecialty medicine and critical care from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2022.
Sarah Ryan, Yang Liu, Sheharyar Raza, Anne Loeffler, Nicole Relke, Nadia Gabarin, Malcolm Risk, Phuong Uyen Nguyen, Na Li, Amol Verma, Fahad Razak, Keyvan Karkouti, Janique Dyba, Donald Arnold, Jeannie Callum   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraoperative cell salvage for obstetrics: a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background The latest basic studies and clinical evidence have confirmed the safety and efficacy of intraoperative autologous blood cell transfusion in cardiac surgery and orthopaedics.
Ye Liu, Xiaoguang Li, Xiangming Che, Guosheng Zhao, Mingjun Xu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making Advanced Therapies Affordable and Accessible: Two Strategic Approaches

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores two complementary strategies for addressing the affordability and access challenges facing advanced therapies. As high development costs and limited market access have led to the withdrawal of several therapies, the article examines how these barriers create ‘valleys of death’ that prevent innovation from reaching ...
Ubaka Ogbogu, Lauren Albrecht
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Preanalytical Sample Preparation on the Recovery Rate of Cryopreserved Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cells

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cryopreservation of peripheral‐blood‐derived hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (PBSCs) has been used for decades, primarily for autologous transplantation. Now, in the era of new cellular therapies, the cryopreservation of allogeneic PBSCs may also become relevant.
Philipp Blüm, Christina Glas, Karen Bieback, Sabine Kayser, Harald Klüter, Patrick Wuchter   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perioperative Blood Transfusion as a Significant Predictor of Biochemical Recurrence and Survival after Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Prostate Cancer. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
PURPOSE:There have been conflicting reports regarding the association of perioperative blood transfusion (PBT) with oncologic outcomes including recurrence rates and survival outcomes in prostate cancer.
Jung Kwon Kim, Hyung Suk Kim, Juhyun Park, Chang Wook Jeong, Ja Hyeon Ku, Hyun Hoe Kim, Cheol Kwak   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Host Transcriptomics and Culture‐Independent Testing for the Management of Febrile Neutropenia: Data From an Observational Study Conducted in a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Managing febrile neutropenia is challenging due to the limited sensitivity of blood culture (BC) and the lack of tools differentiating infectious from non‐infectious fever. T2 magnetic resonance (T2MR) is a culture‐independent system detecting bacteria (T2Bacteria) and yeasts (T2Candida); SeptiCyte RAPID is a host response assay ...
Anna Maria Peri, Andrea S. Henden, Ricky Nelles, Mark D. Chatfield, Patrick N. A. Harris, Glen Kennedy, David L. Paterson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeated injection of pooled frozen allogeneic umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stromal cells in 5 flat‐racing horses

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary Background Tendinopathies in racehorses are challenging to treat, and restoring normal tendon composition remains elusive despite extensive research. Equine multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have shown promise for tendon repair, and various sources of MSC have been described.
A. Merchan Muñoz, N. Coté, T. Koch, S. Mehrpouyan, A. H. Alizadeh, K. A. Russell, G. Monteith, J. Koenig   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Testing in Sickle Cell Disease: From Newborn Screening to Transfusion Care

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most frequent monogenic diseases worldwide and a highly heterogeneous and complex disease. SCD care carries several challenges. This includes early and accurate diagnosis as well as optimal red blood cell transfusion matching in this population carrying a high risk of alloimmunization.
Thomas Pincez, Yves D. Pastore
wiley   +1 more source

Promotion measures and effectiveness of preoperative autologous blood donation

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi
Autologous blood donation is an important strategy of blood conservation. The Administrative Measures for the Clinical Use of Blood in Medical Institutions (Order No.
ZHANG Hanyun, CHEN Li, XIAO Yanni, LI Zhongjun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source