Blood Transfusion Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Blood Transfusion, including details on blood donation, blood types, leukemia.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 3 (March)

1. Red blood cell transfusions and iron overload in the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
   Cancer, 112(5): 1089-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Efficacy of intraoperative cell saver in decreasing postoperative blood transfusions in instrumented posterior lumbar fusion patients.
   Spine, 33(5): 571-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis by transient elastography in post transfusional iron overload.
   Eur J Haematol, 80(4): 337-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Prognosis and postoperative lymphocyte count in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who received intraoperative allogenic blood transfusion: a retrospective study.
   Eur J Surg Oncol, 34(3): 339-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Use of recombinant factor VIIa in massive post-partum haemorrhage.
   Eur J Anaesthesiol, 25(4): 293-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Outcome of anaemic monochorionic single survivors following early intrauterine rescue transfusion in cases of feto-fetal transfusion syndrome.
   BJOG, 115(5): 595-601. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Propionibacterium acnes lacks the capability to proliferate in platelet concentrates.
   Vox Sang, 94(3): 193-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Efficacy and safety of intravenous iron therapy as an alternative/adjunct to allogeneic blood transfusion.
   Vox Sang, 94(3): 172-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Cardiac arrests associated with hyperkalemia during red blood cell transfusion: a case series.
   Anesth Analg, 106(4): 1062-9, table of contents. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery.
    N Engl J Med, 358(12): 1229-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Participating in the evolution of transfusion medicine from a dispensary into a discipline.
    Transfus Med Rev, 22(2): 162-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A prospective audit program to determine blood component transfusion appropriateness at a large university hospital: a 5-year experience.
    Transfus Med Rev, 22(2): 154-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Pathogen reduction: a precautionary principle paradigm.
    Transfus Med Rev, 22(2): 97-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Severe iron intoxication treated with exchange transfusion.
    Arch Dis Child, 93(4): 321-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Medical treatment of Jehovah's witnesses.
    Surgery, 143(4): 463-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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