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Transfusion Complications
In the News
- B. Blasi, A. D’Alessandro, N. Ramundo, L. Zolla. Red blood cell storage and cell morphology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2012.01139.x 7 MAR 2012
- Rutger A. Middelburg, Barbara Borkent, Mart Jansen, Leo M.G. van de Watering, Johanna C. Wiersum-Osselton, Martin R. Schipperus, Erik A.M. Beckers, Ernest Briët, Johanna G. van der Bom. Storage time of blood products and transfusion-related acute lung injury. DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03352.x 26 SEP 2011
- Stale blood linked to dangerous infections (24 Nov. 2010)
- Blood-clotting drug given to wounded soldiers can cause heart attacks (15 Nov. 2010)
- First case of HIV from blood transfusion traced to Missouri donor (22 Oct. 2010)
- They are supposed to save lives, but could a blood transfusion give you a heart attack? (8 Aug 2010)
- New threats to US blood supply (24 May 2010)
- National effort scrutinizes costly blood transfusion complications (12 Apr. 2010)
- XMRV probed as potential risk to blood supply
- Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related Virus
- UK: Children to get filtered blood transfusions to beat mad cow disease (28 Feb. 2010)
- National Healthcare Safety Network - Biovigilance component
- More people could have 'mad cow disease' than previously thought (18 Dec. 2009)
- Study to look into state of stored blood (9 Dec. 2009)
- What's the Shelf Life of Blood? Focus on Whether Older Donations Impair Recovery of Transfusion Recipients (1 Dec. 2009)
- Shining a light on the safety of blood transfusions (10 Nov. 2009)
- Blood products should be used conservatively in heart-surgery patients, trial shows (28 Oct. 2009)
- Blood transfusions 'double risk of infection for heart bypass patients' (News item, 31 July 2009)
- Blood transfusion from another person doubles infection risk after CABG surgery. BMJ 2009;339:b3147.
- Rogers MAM , Blumberg N, Saint S Langa KM, Nallamothu BK. Hospital variation in transfusion and infection after cardiac surgery: a cohort study. BMC Medicine 2009 31 Jul, 7:37doi:10.1186/1741-7015-7-37.
- National hemovigilance pilot program launches in USA to track transfusion-associated adverse events(7 May 2009)
- UK could import more blood to counter BSE risk from transfusions (18 Feb. 2009)
- 'Second wave' of mad cow disease could hit Britain, scientists warn (7 Dec. 2008)
- 1st confirmed case of Anaplasma phagocytophilum transmitted via blood transfusion
- Study claims old blood boosts infection risks | Another report
- vCJD may be transmitted more efficiently via transfusion than thought(6 Sept. 2008)
- Expert claims old blood is riskier than blood donated by gay men (14 Aug. 2008)
- Lung injuries from transfusions have doctors stumped(20 June 2008)
 what are the risks of a blood transfusion? (Anemia Institute for Research & Education, Canada)
- Use Of hemoglobin-based blood substitutes associated with increased risk of death, heart attack, study shows (29 Apr. 2008)
- Many blood transfusions may increase risks, doctors warn :UK study found dangers for heart surgery patients (24 Apr. 2008)
- Blood storage impacts survival rate in cardiac surgery patients (20 Mar. 2008)
- Koch CG, et al. Duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery.N Engl J Med 2008 Mar 20;358(12):1229-39.
- China plant played role in Baxter heparin linked to 4 deaths (14 Feb. 2008)
- Man given wrong blood transfusion in Florida hospital dies (21 Jan. 2008)
- Blood transfusions may be harmful to some patients (4 Jan. 2008)
- Adverse effects (Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne)
- Blood transfusion may explain women's greater cardiac surgery mortality (3 Dec. 2007)
- RBC transfusions may increase risks for heart surgery patients(BBC, 27 Nov. 2007)
- Decrease of nitric oxide in stored blood may explain transfusion risk
- Blood simple (The Economist)
- Bennett-Guerrero E, Veldman TH, Doctor A, Telen MJ, Ortel TL, Reid TS, Mulherin MA, Zhu H, Buck RD, Califf RM, McMahon TJ. Evolution of adverse changes in stored RBCs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Oct 11; [Epub ahead of print]
- Reynolds JD, Ahearn GS, Angelo M, Zhang J, Cobb F, Stamler JS. S-nitrosohemoglobin deficiency: A mechanism for loss of physiological activity in banked blood. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Oct 11 [Epub ahead of print]
- Britain may 'never be rid of vCJD threat' without screening (24 Sept. 2007)
- Chagas' disease parasite found in desert blood samples (17 Aug. 2007)
- FDA strengthens safety information for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents(9 Mar. 2007)
- UK Health Protection Agency: 4th case of transfusion-associated vCJD (18 Jan. 2007) Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents
- Should we still be worried about vCJD? (10 Jan. 2007)
- UK: 24 patients transfused with vCJD contaminated blood at substantial risk
- Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (USA HHS) | version
- UK Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT):
- Transfusion reactions (S. Gerald Sandler & Viviana V. Johnson, emedicine.com)
- Transfusion complications (extensive reading list of published papers)
- McClelland B, Marcela Contreras M. Appropriateness and safety of blood transfusion (editorial) (Br Med J 2005 Jan 15;330:104-5)
- Special report: BSE and CJD (Guardian Unlimited - on-going updates)
Scientific Literature
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