8 June 2020 (Monday) - Transfusion Evidence Alert

The nice people at the Transfusion Evidence Alert sent their update today. It is rather weighted in favour of articles about COVID-19… but the D-dimer and convalescent plasma articles were rather interesting…

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLE

Image-proven thromboembolism in patients with severe COVID-19 in a tertiary critical care unit in the United Kingdom
Desborough, M. J. R., et al. Thrombosis research 2020

TOP ARTICLES Association between D-Dimer levels and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review and pooled analysis Sakka Mehdi.,  JMV-Journal de Médecine Vasculaire 2020 Thrombocytopenia is associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: A meta-analysis Lippi, G., et al.  Clinica Chimica Acta 2020 Systematic assessment of venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients receiving thromboprophylaxis: incidence and role of D-dimer as predictive factors Artifoni, M ., et al. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 2020 Blood supply and transfusion support in southern Italy: findings during the first four weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Grandone, E., et al. Blood Transfusion 2020 Scientific and Standardization Committee Communication: Clinical Guidance on the Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Spyropoulos, A. C., et al. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2020 Routine Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis May Be Inadequate in the Hypercoagulable State of Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Maatman, T. K., et al. Critical Care Medicine 2020 Use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in low- and middle-income countries: a call for ethical principles and the assurance of quality and safety Epstein, J., et al. Vox Sanguinis 2020 Coagulopathy of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Iba, T., et al. Critical Care Medicine 2020 Pathogen reduction of SARS-CoV-2 virus in plasma and whole blood using riboflavin and UV light Ragan, I., et al. Plos One 2020