4 October 2019 (Friday) - Tranfusion Evidence Update

The nice people at the Transfusion Evidence Library sent their regular update. As always they sent me far too much to take in in one sitting. But it doesn’t cost me anything to get it… or to read it…

• Comparison of oral vs. combined topical/intravenous/oral tranexamic acid in the prevention of blood loss in total knee arthroplasty: A randomised clinical trial
  King L; Randle R; Dare W; Bernaitis N
  Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR. 2019
  
• Efficacy, tolerability and safety of darbepoetin alfa injection for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing dialysis: a randomized, phase-III trial
  Sinha SD; Bandi VK; Bheemareddy BR; Thakur P; Chary S; Mehta K; Pinnamareddy VR; Pandey R; Sreepada S; Durugkar S
  BMC nephrology. 2019;20(1):90
  
• Six-Dose Intravenous Tranexamic Acid Regimen Further Inhibits Postoperative Fibrinolysis and Reduces Hidden Blood Loss Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
  Zhang S; Xie J; Cao G; Lei Y; Huang Q; Pei F
  The journal of knee surgery. 2019
  
• The safety and efficiency of intravenous administration of tranexamic acid in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a meta-analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials
  Zhang Y; Bai Y; Chen M; Zhou Y; Yu X; Zhou H; Chen G
  BMC anesthesiology. 2019;19(1):104
  
• Comparative efficacy and safety of different hemostatic methods in total hip arthroplasty: a network meta-analysis
  Zhao Z; Ma J; Ma X
  Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research. 2019;14(1):3
  
• The Effectiveness of Different Doses of Intravenous Immunoglobulin on Severe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease: A Meta-Analysis
  Jiao W; Tan SR; Huang YF; Mu L; Yang Y; Wang Y; Wu XE
  Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre. 2019
  
• Iron Deficiency and Iron Homeostasis in Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review
  Moreno-Fernandez J; Ochoa JJ; Latunde-Dada GO; Diaz-Castro J
  Nutrients. 2019;11(5)
  
• The therapeutic effect of intravesical instillation of platelet rich plasma on recurrent bacterial cystitis in women: a randomized clinical trial
  Mirzaei M; Daneshpajooh A; Farsinezhad A; Jafarian Z; Ebadzadeh MR; Saberi N; Teimorian M
  Urology journal. 2019
  
• Effect of age of transfused red blood cells on neurologic outcome following traumatic brain injury (ABLE-tbi Study): a nested study of the Age of Blood Evaluation (ABLE) trial
  Ruel-Laliberte J; Lessard Bonaventure P; Fergusson D; Lacroix J; Zarychanski R; Lauzier F; Tinmouth A; Hebert PC; Green R; Griesdale D; Fowler R; Kramer A; McIntyre LA; Zygun D; Walsh T; Stanworth S; Capellier G; Pili-Floury S; Samain E; Clayton L; Marshall J; Pagliarello G; Sabri E; Neveu X; Leger C; Turgeon AF; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
  Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 2019;66(6):696-705
  
• JR-131, a biosimilar of darbepoetin alfa, for the treatment of hemodialysis patients with renal anemia: a randomized, double-blinded, parallel-group phase 3 study
  Nishi S; Yamada M; Tsuruya K; Masakane I; Nakamoto H
  Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy. 2019