19 November 2016 (Saturday) - Transfusion Evidence Library Email

The Transfusion Evidence Library email arrived this morning. Recently I pruned my interests on their website to try and tailor the articles they were sending me.

This morning’s missive still had 4192 evidence-based publications based on the Areas and Topics of Interests I selected including:

• Effects of positive suggestions on the need for red blood cell transfusion in orthopedic surgery
  Szeverenyi C; Csernatony Z; Balogh A; Simon T; Varga K
  The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 2016;64(-4):404-18
• Effect of perioperative colloid and crystalloid fluid therapy on coagulation competence, haemorrhage and outcome
  Rasmussen KC
  Danish Medical Journal. 2016;63(-9)
• Local corticosteroid versus autologous blood injections in lateral epicondylitis: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
  Sirico F; Ricca F; Di Meglio F; Nurzynska D; Castaldo C; Spera R; Montagnani S
  European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 2016
• An update on topical haemostatic agents in liver surgery: systematic review and meta analysis
  Brustia R; Granger B; Scatton O
  Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 2016
• Blood transfusions for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease
  Dastgiri S; Dolatkhah R
  The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016;(-8):CD007843
• Tolerability and efficacy of eltrombopag in chronic immune thrombocytopenia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
  Elgebaly AS; Ashal GE; Elfil M; Menshawy A
  Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis : Official Journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. 2016
• Uterine salvage management for atonic postpartum hemorrhage using "modified lynch suture"
  El-Sokkary M; Wahba K; El-Shahawy Y
  Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2016;16:251
• Ultrasonically activated shears reduce blood loss without increasing inflammatory reactions in open distal gastrectomy for cancer: a randomized controlled study
  Oh SY; Choi B; Lee KG; Choe HN; Lee HJ; Suh YS; Kong SH; Lee HJ; Kim WH; Yang HK
  Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2016
• Double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study on the use of platelet-rich plasma in women with female androgenetic alopecia
  Puig CJ; Reese R; Peters M
  Dermatologic Surgery : Official Publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [Et Al.]. 2016
• Comparison of efficacy and safety of topical versus intravenous tranexamic acid in total hip arthroplasty: a meta-analysis
  Li J; Zhang Z; Chen J
  Medicine. 2016;95(-36):e4689

I think I need to prune the list some more…