29 May 2020 (Friday) - Transfusion Evidence Library Update

The nice people at the Transfusion Evidence Library sent their missive today. Finally we are moving back to updates which are about more than just the ongoing pandemic:

ARTICLE OF THE MONTH The benefits of iron supplementation following blood donation vary with baseline iron status AE Mast,, et al.Am J Hematol PICO Summary available

TOP ARTICLES Regular bleeding risk assessment associated with reduction in bleeding outcomes: The mAFA II randomised trial Y Guo, et al, Am J Med 2020 PICO Summary IVMP+IVIG raises platelet counts faster than IVIG alone: results of a randomized, blinded trial in childhood ITP M Carcao, et al. Blood Adv 2020 PICO Summary Practical Considerations for a Military Whole Blood Program M Bahr, et al. Mil Med 2020 PICO Summary Iron Chelation in Transfusion-Dependent Patients With Low- to Intermediate-1-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes: A Randomized Trial E Angelucci, et al. Ann Intern Med 2020 PICO Summary Interventions for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in people with sickle cell disease LJ Estcourt, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 PICO Summary Efficacy of quadruple treatment on different types of pre-operative anaemia: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial J Rossler, et al. Anaesthesia 2020 PICO Summary Effective methods for reactivating inactive blood donors: a stratified randomised controlled study J Ou-Yang, et al. BMC Public Health 2020 PICO Summary Tranexamic acid is associated with reduced mortality, hemorrhagic expansion, and vascular occlusive events in traumatic brain injury - meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials J July and R Pranata. BMC Neurol 2020 PICO Summary Efficacy of intraoperative cell salvage in spine surgery: a meta-analysis J Cheriyan, et al. J Neurosurg Spine 2020 PICO Summary The role of platelet transfusions after intracranial hemorrhage in patients on antiplatelet agents: a systematic review and meta-analysis E Brogi, et al. World Neurosurg 2020 PICO Summary