21 March 2018 (Wednesday) - Transfusion Evidence Library Update

The Transfusion Evidence Library people sent me their update today. Quite a few snippets as always:

Comparison of the hemostatic efficacy of pathogen-reduced platelets vs untreated  platelets in patients with thrombocytopenia and malignant hematologic diseases: a randomized clinical trial
Garban F, Guyard A, et al., Jama Oncology 2018

Intravenous iron isomaltoside improves hemoglobin concentration and iron stores in female iron-deficient blood donors: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial
Gybel-Brask M,  Seeberg J, et al. Transfusion 2018

Placental transfusion in preterm neonates of 30-33 weeks' gestation: a randomized controlled trial
Das B, Sundaram V, et al. Journal of Perinatology 2018

Prophylactic vitamin K for the prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in preterm neonates
Ardell S,  Offringa M, et al. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018

Synergistic effects of intravenous and intra-articular tranexamic acid on reducing hemoglobin loss in revision total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized, controlled study
Yuan X,  Wang J, et al. Transfusion 2017

The prognostic role of perioperative allogeneic blood transfusions in gastric cancer patients undergoing curative resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of non-randomized, adjusted studies
Agnes A,   Lirosi M C, et al. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018

Interaction between peri-operative blood transfusion, tidal volume, airway pressure and postoperative ARDS: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Serpa Neto A,  Juffermans N P, et all. Annals of Translational Medicine 2018.

Efficacy and safety of thrombopoietin receptor agonists in children with chronic  immune thrombocytopenia: a meta-analysis
Guo J C,  Zheng Y, et al. Oncotarget 2018.

Antifibrinolytic drugs for treating primary postpartum haemorrhage
Shakur H,  Beaumont D, et al. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018.

Efficacy and safety of intra-articular versus intravenous tranexamic acid in reducing perioperative blood loss in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized double-blind equivalence trial
Subramanyam KN, Khanchandani P, et al. Bone & Joint Journal 2018.