Micro-scale blood plasma separation: from acoustophoresis to egg-beaters [PDF]
, 2013 Plasma is a rich mine of various biomarkers including proteins, metabolites and circulating nucleic acids. The diagnostic and therapeutic potential of these analytes has been quite recently uncovered, and the number of plasma biomarkers will still be ...
Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Maïwenn +1 more
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Opinions about Blood Donation amongst Medical Personnel’s [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Objective: There is limited literature in the Indian subcontinent on the attitude of the medical personnel regarding blood donation. The purpose of the present study was to identify and assess the barriers that prevent people from becoming blood ...
Joshua Daniel M. +6 more
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Technical pre-analytical effects on the clinical biochemistry of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) [PDF]
, 2016 Clinical biochemistry has long been utilized in human and veterinary medicine as a vital diagnostic tool, but despite occasional studies showing its usefulness in monitoring health status in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), it has not yet been widely ...
Ashby, A. +6 more
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Slowing decline in blood collection and transfusion in the United States – 2017
Transfusion, 2020 The National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey (NBCUS) has demonstrated declines in blood collection and transfusion in the United States since 2008, including declines of 11.6% in red blood cell (RBC) collections and 13.9% in RBC transfusions ...
Jefferson M Jones +7 more
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Supplemental findings of the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey
Transfusion, 2020 This report provides supplemental results from the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey on characteristics of the donor population, autologous and directed donations and transfusions, platelets, plasma and granulocyte transfusions ...
M. Sapiano +5 more
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Temperature and time-dependent effects of delayed blood processing on oxylipin concentrations in human plasma. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Oxidized derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids, collectively known as oxylipins, are labile bioactive mediators with diverse roles in human physiology and pathology.
Gibson, Robert A +8 more
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Transfusion, 2020 Serious transfusion‐associated adverse events are rare in the United States. To enhance blood safety, various measures have been developed. With use of data from the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey (NBCUS), we describe the rate of ...
Alexandra A. Savinkina +6 more
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Accurate laser skin perforation technique aimed at promoting bleeding and reducing pain [PDF]
Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2015 Laser skin perforation is an effective and promising technique for use in blood collection. In this study, the relation between the perforation profile of skin and laser irradiation at various energies is discussed.
Han-Chao Chang +2 more
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Rapid bedside inactivation of Ebola virus for safe nucleic acid tests [PDF]
, 2016 Rapid bedside inactivation of Ebola virus would be a solution for the safety of medical and technical staff, risk containment, sample transport and high-throughput or rapid diagnostic testing during an outbreak.
Bragstad, Karoline +9 more
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Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry
Platelets, 2019 It is widely believed that assays of platelet activation are susceptible to preanalytical variables related to blood draw technique. We assessed platelet activation by whole blood flow cytometry and investigated the effects of: (1) drawing blood into ...
Emma L. Welch +2 more
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