19 February 2020 (Wednesday)- Transfusion Evidence Alert

The Transfusion Evidence Alert email came today. As always there was far more than I could take in at one go….

ARTICLE OF THE MONTH Prehospital transfusion of red blood cells part 2: A systematic review of treatment effects on outcomes EC van Turenhout, et al. Transfusion medicine 2020. PICO Summary available

TOP ARTICLES Heterogenous treatment effects of transfusion thresholds by patient age: post-hoc analysis of the TRISS trial AB Jonsson, et al, Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2019. PICO Summary Ability of Layperson Callers to Apply a Tourniquet Following Protocol-Based Instructions from an Emergency Medical Dispatcher G Scott, et al. Prehospital emergency care 2020. PICO Summary The effect of the video and brochure via donor recruitment on fear, anxiety and intention: Randomized controlled trial Y Karacaoglu, et al. Transfusion and apheresis science 2020. PICO Summary Comparison of effectiveness of tranexamic acid and epsilon-amino-caproic-acid in decreasing postoperative bleeding in off-pump CABG surgeries: A prospective, randomized, double-blind study S, Verma, et al. Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 2020. PICO Summary Red cell transfusion in outpatients with myelodysplastic syndromes: a feasibility and exploratory randomised trial SJ Stanworth, et al. British journal of haematology 2020. PICO Summary Efficacy and safety of nanoparticle-albumin-bound paclitaxel compared with solvent-based taxanes for metastatic breast cancer: A meta-analysis H Lee, et all. Scientific reports 2020. PICO Summary Uterine Balloon Tamponade for the Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis S Suarez, et al. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2019. PICO Summary Efficacy and safety of gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis in critically ill patients: systematic review and network meta-analysis Y Wang, et al. BMJ 2020. PICO Summary Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor administration for subfertile women undergoing assisted reproduction MS Kamath, et al. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2020. PICO Summary