4 December 2023 (Monday) - Transfusion Evidence Alert Update

The nice people at the Transfusion Evidence Library sent quite a few articles today. The COVID plasma debate rages on – is it any good or not? And one unit transfusions are supposedly as good as two units…

Top Article

Efficacy and safety of early administration of 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate in patients with trauma at risk of massive transfusion: the PROCOAG randomized clinical trial. Bouzat,
P., et al. (2023). JAMA.
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Selected Articles

Effect of donor sex on recipient mortality in transfusion.
Chasse, M., et al. (2023). The New England Journal of Medicine.

Effect of single-unit transfusion in patients treated for haematological disease including acute leukemia: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial.
Chantepie, S.P., et al. (2023). Leukemia Research.

Pathogen inactivation methods to prevent transfusion-transmissible arboviruses.
Giménez-Richarte, Á., et al. (2023). Tropical Medicine & International Health

Prehospital tranexamic acid for severe trauma.
Gruen, R. L., et al. (2023). The New England Journal of Medicine.

Convalescent plasma for people with COVID-19: a living systematic review.
Iannizzi, C., et al. (2023). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Comparison of quantitative and calculated postpartum blood loss after vaginal delivery.
Madar, H., et al. (2023). American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Two-year outcomes following a randomised platelet transfusion trial in preterm infants.
Moore C.M., et al. (2023). Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition.

Men who have sex with men and risk for transfusion-transmissible infections in blood donors in Western countries: a systematic review update.
Schroyens, N., et al. (2023). Vox Sanguinis.

Platelet transfusion before CVC placement in patients with thrombocytopenia.
Van Baarle, F.L.F., et al. (2023). The New England Journal of Medicine.