26 November 2025 (Wednesday) - Transfusion Evidence Library Update

The nice people at the Transfusion Evidence Library sent their update today… Does it matter what ABO group of platelets you give someone? Transfusions and brain injuries, for the first time in a long time tranexamic acid wasn’t mentioned…

 ARTICLE OF THE MONTH

The effect of intravenous iron supplementation compared to oral iron supplementation during pregnancy on neonatal outcomes-a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Kuitunen, I., et al. (2025). European Journal of Pediatrics.
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TOP ARTICLES

ABO matching for platelet transfusions for prevention or treatment of bleeding: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Cain, L., et al. (2025). Transfusion Medicine Reviews. [Record in progress].

Clinical prediction models for postoperative blood transfusion after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Chen, J., et al. (2025). BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

One versus five days of octreotide infusion for acute esophageal variceal bleeding: a randomized controlled trial.
Chirapongsathorn, S., et al. (2025). The American Journal of Gastroenterology. [Record in progress].

Rapid update and revision of: thromboelastography or rotational thromboelastometry guided algorithms in bleeding patients-an updated systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.
Kvisselgaard, A.D., et al. (2025). Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica.

Restrictive transfusion in acute brain injury: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
Machado, M.F., et al. (2025). Journal of Critical Care. [Record in progress].  

Immunoglobulin for myasthenia gravis.
Manolopoulos, A., et al. (2025). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

BiZact versus cold steel for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage: a multicenter randomized trial.
M lhave, M., et al. (2025). European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology. [Record in progress].

Transfusion of amustaline/glutathione pathogen-reduced red blood cells in cardiac surgery: a randomized phase 3 clinical trial.
Sekela, M.E., et al. (2025). Anesthesiology. 

A pilot experimental study of cold-chain management, haemolysis and oxidative stress of packed red blood cells in early blood transfusion: toward a blood viability model in the out-of-hospital setting.
Zeenat, A., et al. (2025). Scientific Reports.