20 November 2017 (Monday) - Transfusion Evidence Library Update

The nice people over at the Transfusion Evidence Library sent me their update today. Loads of stuff to pore through at tea breaks…

Top 10 new publications Thrombopoietin mimetics for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes Dodillet H, Kreuzer KA, et al., The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017 Age of red cells for transfusion and outcomes in critically ill adults Cooper DJ, McQuilten ZK, et al. The New England Journal of Medicine 2017 Plasma transfusions prior to lumbar punctures and epidural catheters for people with abnormal coagulation Estcourt LJ, Desborough MJ, et al. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017 Efficiency and safety of varying the frequency of whole blood donation (INTERVAL): a randomised trial of 45 000 donors Di Angelantonio E, Thompson SG, et al. Lancet 2017 Diagnostic and therapeutic treatment modalities for acute lower gastrointestinal  bleeding: a systematic review Oakland K, Isherwood J, et al. Endoscopy International Open 2017 Effect of an early resuscitation protocol on in-hospital mortality among adults with sepsis and hypotension: a randomized clinical trial Andrews B, Semler MW, et al. JAMA 2017 Viscoelastometric-guided early fibrinogen concentrate replacement during postpartum haemorrhage: OBS2, a double-blind randomized controlled trial Collins PW, Cannings-John R, et al. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2017. Red blood cell storage and in-hospital mortality: a secondary analysis of the INFORM randomised controlled trial Cook RJ, Heddle NM, et al. The Lancet Haematology 2017. Transfusion-associated necrotizing enterocolitis re-evaluated: a systematic review and meta-analysis Rai SE, Sidhu AK, et al. Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2017. The Age of BLood Evaluation (ABLE) randomised controlled trial: description of the UK-funded arm of the international trial, the UK cost-utility analysis and secondary analyses exploring factors associated with health-related quality of life and health-care costs. Walsh TS, Stanworth S, et al. Health Technology Assessment. 2017.

Questions about blood transfusion and blood donation (UK)? A new national UK survey​ (responses from UK based residents only) has opened, giving everyone affected by blood transfusion and blood donation, personally or professionally, the chance to prioritise research questions on blood donation and blood transfusion.  The survey is open to all healthcare professionals involved with blood transfusion and blood donation and your prioritisation of 50 potential research questions will be highly valuable to researchers. The top 10 questions will help inform future research in blood donation and blood transfusion. Please complete the survey before 11th January 2018 to participate