27 April 2020 (Monday) - Transfusion Evidence Alert Update

The nice people at the Transfusion Evidence Library sent their update today. As usual there was far too much to take in at once, but there were some rather interesting insights into the impact of the ongoing pandemic on the blood bank.

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLE Deployment of convalescent plasma for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 E Bloch, et al. J Clin Invest

TOP ARTICLES Coronavirus Disease 2019: Coronaviruses and Blood Safety Chang et al, Transfusion Medicine Reviews 2020 Effectiveness of convalescent plasma therapy in severe COVID-19 patients Duan, et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020 The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak on the safety and availability of blood transfusions in Italy M Franchini, et al.Vox Sanguinis 2020 Prepare to adapt: Blood supply and transfusion support during the first 2 weeks of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affecting Washington State M Pagano, et al. Transfusion 2020 Convalescent Plasma to Treat COVID-19: Possibilities and Challenges J Roback, et al. JAMA 2020 The Essential Role of Patient Blood Management in a Pandemic: A Call for Action Shander, et all. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2020 Treatment of 5 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 With Convalescent Plasma Shen, et al. JAMA 2020 Collecting and evaluating convalescent plasma for COVID-19 treatment: why and how P Tiberghien, et al. Vox Sanguinis 2020 Thrombocytopenia and Its Association with Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 X Yang, et al. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis 2020