28 February 2019 (THursday) - Transfusion Evidence Alert email

The Transfusion Evidence Alert email arrived in my in-box today. There was quite a bit to take in; I’ll just reproduce the articles I felt were most relevant to me…

The Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Functional Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis of the CRASH-2 Randomized Controlled Trial
Nishijima, D. K., Kuppermann, N., et al. Annals of emergency medicine 2019.

Caplacizumab Treatment for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Scully, M., Cataland, S. R., et al. The New England journal of Medicine 2019.

Additional filtering of blood from a cell salvage device is not likely to show important additional benefits in outcome in cardiac surgery
de Vries, A. J., Vermeijden, W. J., et al. Transfusion 2019

Red blood cell alloimmunisation in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia: a systematic review
Franchini, M., Forni, G. L., et all. Trasfusione del sangue 2019.