Transfusion

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Online ISSN: 1537-2995

  1. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Intensive red blood cell transfusions and risk of alloimmunization

      Saurabh Zalpuri, Rutger A. Middelburg, Henk Schonewille, Karen M.K. de Vooght, Saskia le Cessie, Johanna G. van der Bom and Jaap Jan Zwaginga

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12312

    2. Interleukin-28B genetic variations and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C antibody–positive blood donors in China

      Yu Liu, Hongli Ma, Shanhua Chen, Jingxing Wang, Gui Liu, Min Xu, Ling Ke and Miao He

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12305

    3. Antibody specific for the glycophorin A complex mediates intravenous immune globulin–resistant anemia in a murine model

      Xi Chen, Hasan Ghaffar, Chao-Ching Jen and Alan H. Lazarus

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12300

    4. Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus RNA and antibody in first-time, lapsed, and repeat blood donations across five international regions and relative efficacy of alternative screening scenarios

      Roberta Bruhn, Nico Lelie, Brian Custer, Michael Busch and Steven Kleinman, International NAT Study Group

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12299

    5. How safe is safe: new human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 variants missed by nucleic acid testing

      Benjamin Müller, C. Micha Nübling, Julia Kress, W. Kurt Roth, Silke De Zolt and Lutz Pichl

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12298

    6. The persistence of hepatitis C virus transmission risk in China despite serologic screening of blood donations

      Jingxing Wang, Jing Liu, Yi Huang, David J. Wright, Julin Li, Zhongmin Zhou, Weilan He, Tonghan Yang, Fuzhu Yao, Xiangming Zhu, Guoxin Wen, Xinhong Bi, Mei-hei-li Tiemuer, Xiuqiong Wen, Mei Huang, Ru'an Cao, Zhongqiao Yun, Yunlai Lü, Hongli Ma, Nan Guo, Qilu Yu, Paul Ness and Hua Shan, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) International Component

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12297

    7. Pretense of parentage by siblings in immigration: Polesky's paradox reconsidered

      Robert E. Wenk and Alison Shao

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12293

    8. Real-time amplification of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene for quality control of leukopoor platelets

      Ding-Ping Chen, Chien-Feng Sun, Hsiao-Chen Ning, Chien-Ting Peng, Wei-Ting Wang and Ching-Ping Tseng

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12294

    9. Nitroprusside inhibits calcium-induced impairment of red blood cell deformability

      Viachaslau Barodka, Joy G. Mohanty, Asif Mustafa, Lakshmi Santhanam, Aoibhinn Nyhan, Anil K. Bhunia, Gautam Sikka, Daniel Nyhan, Dan E. Berkowitz and Joseph M. Rifkind

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12291

    10. Factors affecting successful mobilization with plerixafor: an Italian prospective survey in 215 patients with multiple myeloma and lymphoma

      Francesco Lanza, Roberto M. Lemoli, Attilio Olivieri, Daniele Laszlo, Massimo Martino, Giorgina Specchia, Vincenzo Pavone, Manuela Imola, Annalisa Pasini, Giuseppe Milone, Ilaria Scortechini, Elisabetta Todisco, Elena Guggiari, Nicola Cascavilla, Giovanni Martinelli, Alessandro Rambaldi and Alberto Bosi

      Article first published online: 19 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12265

    11. Clostridium perfringens in apheresis platelets: an unusual contaminant underscores the importance of clinical vigilance for septic transfusion reactions

      Anne F. Eder, Claire E. Meena-Leist, Cheryl A. Hapip, Beth A. Dy, Richard J. Benjamin and Stephen J. Wagner

      Article first published online: 17 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12282

    12. A multicenter, randomized, active-controlled study to investigate the efficacy and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose in patients with iron deficiency anemia

      Jane E. Onken, David B. Bregman, Robert A. Harrington, David Morris, Peter Acs, Bruce Akright, Charles Barish, Birbal S. Bhaskar, Gioi N. Smith-Nguyen, Angelia Butcher, Todd A. Koch and Lawrence T. Goodnough

      Article first published online: 17 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12289

    13. Assessment of immunoglobulin concentrates on thrombogenic activity by thrombin generation assay, prekallikrein activator assay, and size-exclusion chromatography

      Alexandra Seifner, Gerhard Beck, Patrick Bayer, Stephanie Eichmeir, Friedrich Lackner, Olga Rögelsperger, Katharina Weber and Gabriele Wollein

      Article first published online: 17 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12280

    14. Infusion of clinical-grade enriched regulatory T cells delays experimental xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease

      Muriel Hannon, Chantal Lechanteur, Sophie Lucas, Joan Somja, Laurence Seidel, Ludovic Belle, France Bruck, Etienne Baudoux, Olivier Giet, Anne-Marie Chantillon, Philippe Delvenne, Pierre Drion, Yves Beguin, Stéphanie Humblet-Baron and Frédéric Baron

      Article first published online: 17 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12279

    15. A data-driven approach to patient blood management

      Claudia S. Cohn, Julie Welbig, Robert Bowman, Susan Kammann, Katherine Frey and Nicole Zantek

      Article first published online: 17 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12276

    16. RHCE*ceMO is frequently in cis to RHD*DAU0 and encodes a hrS–, hrB–, RH:–61 phenotype in black persons: clinical significance

      Connie M. Westhoff, Sunitha Vege, Trina Horn, Kim Hue-Roye, Christine Halter Hipsky, Christine Lomas-Francis and Marion E. Reid

      Article first published online: 17 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12271

  2. Original Articles

    1. Analysis of inventory strategies for blood components in a regional blood center using process simulation

      Felipe Baesler, Matías Nemeth, Cristina Martínez and Alfonso Bastías

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12287

    2. Alleles of the LAN blood group system: molecular and serologic investigations

      Marion E. Reid, Kim Hue-Roye, Angela Huang, Randall W. Velliquette, Yoshihiko Tani, Connie M. Westhoff, Christine Lomas-Francis and Teresa Zelinski

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12285

  3. Brief Reports

    1. The minimum number of cord blood units needed for Koreans is 51,000

      Jong Hyun Yoon, Sohee Oh, Sue Shin, Jeong Soo Park, Eun Youn Roh, Eun Young Song, Moung Hee Park and Kyou Sup Han

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12284

  4. Original Articles

    1. Assessing transfusion competency in junior doctors: a retrospective cohort study

      Jane Graham, John Grant-Casey, Robert Alston, Paul Baker and Kate Pendry

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12274

  5. Brief Reports

    1. Molecular HPA genotyping by microarray in Brazilian blood donors

      Fabiana Conti, Gerald Bertrand, Marcia Dezan, Thiago Costa, Maria Aravechia, Mariza Mota, Lilian Castilho, Cécile Kaplan and José Kutner

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12272

  6. Original Articles

    1. Red blood cell transfusion in critically ill children

      Pierre Demaret, Marisa Tucci, Thierry Ducruet, Helen Trottier and Jacques Lacroix

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12261

  7. Brief Reports

    1. Restless legs syndrome, pica, and iron status in blood donors

      Bryan R. Spencer, Steven Kleinman, David J. Wright, Simone A. Glynn, David B. Rye, Joseph E. Kiss, Alan E. Mast and Ritchard G. Cable, REDS-II RISE Analysis Group

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12260

  8. Original Articles

    1. Transfusion-related lung injury in children: a case series and review of the literature

      Lani Lieberman, Tanya Petraszko, Qi-long Yi, Barbara Hannach and Robert Skeate

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12249

    2. Donor body mass index is an important factor that affects peripheral blood progenitor cell yield in healthy donors after mobilization with granulocyte–colony-stimulating factor

      Jian Chen, Kevin M. Burns, Aleksandar Babic, George Carrum, Martha Kennedy, Francisco J. Segura, Salvador Garcia, Sandra Potts and Christopher Leveque

      Article first published online: 13 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12238

  9. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Automated preparation of whole blood–derived platelets suspended in two different platelet additive solutions and stored for 7 days

      Joan Cid, Laura Magnano, Patricia Molina, Maribel Diaz-Ricart, Nuria Martínez, Rosa M. Maymó, Lluís Puig, Miguel Lozano, Ginés Escolar and Ana M. Galán

      Article first published online: 30 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12283

    2. Testing UK blood donors for exposure to human parvovirus 4 using a time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay to screen sera and Western blot to confirm reactive samples

      Peter A.C. Maple, Stuart Beard, Ruth P. Parry and Kevin E. Brown

      Article first published online: 30 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12278

  10. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Resolution of translation start site for the human Kell glycoprotein

      Grady R. Blacken, James C. Zimring and Xiaoyun Fu

      Article first published online: 30 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12267

  11. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Strain-specific red blood cell storage, metabolism, and eicosanoid generation in a mouse model

      James C. Zimring, Nicole Smith, Sean R. Stowell, Jill M. Johnsen, Lauren N. Bell, Richard O. Francis, Eldad A. Hod, Jeanne E. Hendrickson, John D. Roback and Steven L. Spitalnik

      Article first published online: 30 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12264

    2. Transfusion and hematologic variables after fibrinogen or platelet transfusion in valve replacement surgery: preliminary data of purified lyophilized human fibrinogen concentrate versus conventional transfusion

      Kenichi A. Tanaka, Katherine Egan, Fania Szlam, Satoru Ogawa, John D. Roback, Gautam Sreeram, Robert A. Guyton and Edward P. Chen

      Article first published online: 30 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12248

    3. Reasons for exclusion of 6820 umbilical cord blood donations in a public cord blood bank

      Tso-Fu Wang, Shu-Hui Wen, Kuo-Liang Yang, Shang-Hsien Yang, Yun-Fan Yang, Chu-Yu Chang, Yi-Feng Wu and Shu-Huey Chen

      Article first published online: 30 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12269

    4. Defining the Jr(a–) phenotype in the Japanese population

      Mitsunobu Tanaka, Ikuko Kamada, Junko Takahashi, Keiko Kimura, Harumichi Matsukura and Yoshihiko Tani

      Article first published online: 29 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12277

    5. Establishing an antigen-negative red blood cell inventory in a hospital-based blood bank

      Nguyet Le, Mary E. Harach, Julie K. Kay, Rosemary P. Brown, Jovanna N. Everetts and Jay H. Herman

      Article first published online: 27 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12270

    6. High prevalence of infectious events in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and genetic relationship with toll-like receptor 9 polymorphisms: experience of the French Thrombotic Microangiopathies Reference Center

      Marjolaine Morgand, Marc Buffet, Marc Busson, Pascale Loiseau, Sandrine Malot, Kahina Amokrane, Catherine Fortier, Jonathan London, Guy Bonmarchand, Alain Wynckel, François Provôt, Pascale Poullin, Philippe Vanhille, Claire Presne, Dominique Bordessoule, Stéphane Girault, Yahsou Delmas, Mohamed Hamidou, Christiane Mousson, Cécile Vigneau, Alexandre Lautrette, Jacques Pourrat, Lionel Galicier, Elie Azoulay, Frédéric Pène, Jean-Paul Mira, Eric Rondeau, Mario Ojeda-Uribe, Dominique Charron, Eric Maury, Bertrand Guidet, Agnès Veyradier, Ryad Tamouza and Paul Coppo, Thrombotic Microangiopathies Reference Center

      Article first published online: 27 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12263

    7. Open aortic valve replacement in a patient with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia: a multidisciplinary strategy to minimize perioperative bleeding

      Ahmad Y. Sheikh, Charles C. Hill, Lawrence T. Goodnough, Lawrence L. Leung and Michael P. Fischbein

      Article first published online: 27 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12275

    8. A novel JK*02 allele in a French Canadian family

      Maryse St-Louis, Josée Lavoie, Samuel Caron, Mireille Paquet and Josée Perreault

      Article first published online: 27 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12266

    9. Optimizing donor selection for public cord blood banking: influence of maternal, infant, and collection characteristics on cord blood unit quality

      Kristin M. Page, Adam Mendizabal, Brigid Betz-Stablein, Stephen Wease, Kevin Shoulars, Tracy Gentry, Vinod K. Prasad, Jessica Sun, Shelly Carter, Andrew E. Balber and Joanne Kurtzberg

      Article first published online: 27 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12257

    10. Record fragmentation due to transfusion at multiple health care facilities: a risk factor for delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions

      Nisha Unni, Marie Peddinghaus, Christopher A. Tormey and Gary Stack

      Article first published online: 27 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12251

  12. REVIEWS

    1. Blood safety and availability: continuing challenges in China's blood banking system

      Ling Shi, Jing-Xing Wang, Lori Stevens, Paul Ness and Hua Shan

      Article first published online: 27 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12273

  13. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Evaluation of an ethidium monoazide–enhanced 16S rDNA real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for bacterial screening of platelet concentrates and comparison with automated culture

      Jeremy A. Garson, Poorvi Patel, Carl McDonald, Joanne Ball, Gillian Rosenberg, Kate I. Tettmar, Susan R. Brailsford, Tyrone Pitt and Richard S. Tedder

      Article first published online: 23 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12256

    2. Dedicated removal of immunoglobulin (Ig)A, IgM, and Factor (F)XI/activated FXI from human plasma IgG

      Yu-Wen Wu, Jérôme Champagne, Magali Toueille, René Gantier and Thierry Burnouf

      Article first published online: 23 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12243

    3. Successful treatment of recurrent hyperhemolysis syndrome with immunosuppression and plasma-to-red blood cell exchange transfusion

      Erik J. Uhlmann, Shalini Shenoy and Lawrence T. Goodnough

      Article first published online: 21 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12258

    4. Successful short-term cryopreservation of volume-reduced cord blood units in a cryogenic mechanical freezer: effects on cell recovery, viability, and clonogenic potential

      Ioannis Anagnostakis, Andreas C. Papassavas, Efstathios Michalopoulos, Theofanis Chatzistamatiou, Sofia Andriopoulou, Athanassios Tsakris and Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas

      Article first published online: 21 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12239

    5. Stability of relevant plasma protein activities in cryosupernatant plasma units during refrigerated storage for up to 5 days postthaw

      Varsha Bhakta, Craig Jenkins, Sandra Ramirez-Arcos and William P. Sheffield

      Article first published online: 21 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12254

    6. Evaluation of preoperative and intraoperative red blood cell transfusion practices at Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

      Zachary D.C. Burke, James B. Chen, Celson Conceicao, Risa M. Hoffman, Lee T. Miller, Atanasio Taela and Daniel A. DeUgarte

      Article first published online: 21 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12252

    7. Cost-effectiveness of prospective red blood cell antigen matching to prevent alloimmunization among sickle cell patients

      Seema Kacker, Paul M. Ness, William J. Savage, Kevin D. Frick, R. Sue Shirey, Karen E. King and Aaron A.R. Tobian

      Article first published online: 21 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12250

  14. CONFERENCE REPORTS

    1. Research opportunities in optimizing storage of red blood cell products

      Stephen J. Wagner, Simone A. Glynn and Lisbeth A. Welniak, NHLBI Working Group on Strategies to Optimize Red Blood Cell Products

      Article first published online: 15 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12244

  15. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Changes in hospital human tissue oversight in the United States between 2005 and 2011: results of a follow-up AABB survey

      Annette J. Schlueter, Barbee I. Whitaker, Roksolana Gishta, Jacquelyn Malasky and Cassandra D. Josephson, AABB Biovigilance Tissue Working Group

      Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12237

    2. Fibrinogen concentrate in dilutional coagulopathy: a dose study in pigs

      Judith Martini, Sonja Maisch, Lisa Pilshofer, Werner Streif, Wenjun Martini and Dietmar Fries

      Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12241

    3. Hospital-based transfusion error tracking from 2005 to 2010: identifying the key errors threatening patient transfusion safety

      Carolyn Maskens, Helen Downie, Alison Wendt, Ana Lima, Lisa Merkley, Yulia Lin and Jeannie Callum

      Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12240

  16. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Association, among very-low-birthweight neonates, between red blood cell transfusions in the week after birth and severe intraventricular hemorrhage

      Robert D. Christensen, Vickie L. Baer, Diane K. Lambert, Sarah J. Ilstrup, Larry D. Eggert and Erick Henry

      Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12234

  17. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Utilization of frozen plasma in Ontario: a provincewide audit reveals a high rate of inappropriate transfusions

      Alan Tinmouth, Troy Thompson, Donald M. Arnold, Jeannie L. Callum, Kate Gagliardi, Deborah Lauzon, Wendy Owens and Peter Pinkerton

      Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12231

    2. Human platelets pathogen reduced with riboflavin and ultraviolet light do not cause acute lung injury in a two-event SCID mouse model

      Xuan Chi, Li Zhi and Jaroslav G. Vostal

      Article first published online: 9 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12242

    3. Ranking the effectiveness of autologous blood conservation measures through validated modeling of independent clinical data

      Günter Singbartl, Anna-Lena Held and Kai Singbartl

      Article first published online: 9 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12233

    4. Reducing the financial impact of pathogen inactivation technology for platelet components: our experience

      Enrique Girona-Llobera, Teresa Jimenez-Marco, Ana Galmes-Trueba, Josep Muncunill, Carmen Serret, Neus Serra and Matilde Sedeño

      Article first published online: 9 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12232

    5. Inactivation of Plasmodium falciparum in whole blood by riboflavin plus irradiation

      Mira El Chaar, Sharan Atwal, Graham L. Freimanis, Bismarck Dinko, Colin J. Sutherland and Jean-Pierre Allain

      Article first published online: 9 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12235

    6. RHD variants in Polish blood donors routinely typed as D–

      Agnieszka Orzińska, Katarzyna Guz, Helene Polin, Monika Pelc-Kłopotowska, Justyna Bednarz, Agata Gieleżyńska, Beata Śliwa, Małgorzata Kowalewska, Elżbieta Pawłowska, Bogusława Włodarczyk, Małgorzata Malaga, Alicja Żmudzin, Magdalena Krzemienowska, Kshitij Srivastava, Bogumiła Michalewska, Christian Gabriel, Willy A. Flegel and Ewa Brojer

      Article first published online: 1 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12230

    7. Effectiveness of a real-time clinical decision support system for computerized physician order entry of plasma orders

      Mark H. Yazer, Darrell J. Triulzi, Vivek Reddy and Jonathan H. Waters

      Article first published online: 30 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12228

    8. Methods of freezing cord blood hematopoietic stem cells

      Jolanta Antoniewicz-Papis, Elżbieta Lachert, Jolanta Woźniak, Karolina Janik and Magdalena Łętowska

      Article first published online: 29 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12225

    9. Transfusion of murine red blood cells expressing the human KEL glycoprotein induces clinically significant alloantibodies

      Sean R. Stowell, Kathryn R. Girard-Pierce, Nicole H. Smith, Kate L. Henry, C. Maridith Arthur, James C. Zimring and Jeanne E. Hendrickson

      Article first published online: 29 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12217

    10. Sterility testing of minimally manipulated cord blood products: validation of growth-based automated culture systems

      Salem Akel, Joan Lorenz and Donna Regan

      Article first published online: 28 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12229

    11. A novel method of data analysis for utilization of red blood cell transfusion

      Steven M. Frank, Linda M.S. Resar, James A. Rothschild, Elizabeth A. Dackiw, Will J. Savage and Paul M. Ness

      Article first published online: 28 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12227

    12. Sensitivity of individual-donation and minipool nucleic acid amplification test options in detecting window period and occult hepatitis B virus infections

      Marion Vermeulen, Charl Coleman, Josephine Mitchel, Ravi Reddy, Harry van Drimmelen, Tracy Ficket and Nico Lelie

      Article first published online: 28 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12218

    13. Acute graft-versus-host disease in a nonhematopoietic stem cell transplantation candidate treated with decitabine followed by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor–primed peripheral blood stem cells infusion: a special entity of the disease?

      Lei Yuan, Lu Sun, Lin Yang and Yu Jing

      Article first published online: 28 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12215

    14. Laboratory variables for assessing iron deficiency in REDS-II Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) blood donors

      Joseph E. Kiss, Whitney R. Steele, David J. Wright, Alan E. Mast, Patricia M. Carey, Edward L. Murphy, Jerry L. Gottschall, Toby L. Simon and Ritchard G. Cable, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)

      Article first published online: 26 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12209

    15. Influence of tranexamic acid on postoperative autologous blood retransfusion in primary total hip and knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial

      Kresimir Oremus, Sinisa Sostaric, Vladimir Trkulja and Miroslav Haspl

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12224

  18. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. You have full text access to this OnlineOpen article
      How we manage AB plasma inventory in the blood center and transfusion service

      Mark Yazer, Anne F. Eder and Kevin J. Land

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12223

  19. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Evaluation of selective screening of donors for antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi: seroprevalence of donors who answer “no” to risk questions

      Sheila F. O'Brien, Vito Scalia, Mindy Goldman, Wenli Fan, Qi-Long Yi, Mary Huang, Momar Ndao and Margaret A. Fearon

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12219

    2. Can family or replacement blood donors become regular volunteer donors?

      Kwame Asenso-Mensah, Gifty Achina, Rita Appiah, Shirley Owusu-Ofori and Jean-Pierre Allain

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12216

    3. Low hemorrhage-related mortality in trauma patients in a Level I trauma center employing transfusion packages and early thromboelastography-directed hemostatic resuscitation with plasma and platelets

      Pär I. Johansson, Anne Marie Sørensen, Claus F. Larsen, Nis A. Windeløv, Jakob Stensballe, Anders Perner, Lars S. Rasmussen and Sisse R. Ostrowski

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12214

    4. You have full text access to this OnlineOpen article
      Hepatitis B virus testing by minipool nucleic acid testing: does it improve blood safety?

      Susan L. Stramer, Edward P. Notari, David E. Krysztof and Roger Y. Dodd

      Article first published online: 22 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12213

    5. External validation and updating of a Dutch prediction model for low hemoglobin deferral in Irish whole blood donors

      A. Mireille Baart, Femke Atsma, Ellen N. McSweeney, Karel G.M. Moons, Yvonne Vergouwe and Wim L.A.M. de Kort

      Article first published online: 22 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12211

    6. Second time a charm? Remobilization of peripheral blood stem cells with plerixafor in patients who previously mobilized poorly despite using plerixafor as a salvage agent

      Shan Yuan, Auayporn Nademanee, Amrita Krishnan, Neil Kogut, Sepideh Shayani and Shirong Wang

      Article first published online: 22 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12198

    7. Degenerate polymerase chain reaction strategy with DNA microarray for detection of multiple and various subtypes of virus during blood screening

      Kazuya Takizawa, Tatsuo Nakashima, Takuo Mizukami, Madoka Kuramitsu, Daiji Endoh, Shigeto Kawauchi, Kohsuke Sasaki, Haruka Momose, Yoshiharu Kiba, Tetsuya Mizutani, Rika A. Furuta, Kazunari Yamaguchi and Isao Hamaguchi

      Article first published online: 17 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12193

    8. Head-to-head comparison of two transcription-mediated amplification assay versions for detection of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 in blood donors

      Piotr Grabarczyk, Harry van Drimmelen, Aneta Kopacz, Jolanta Gdowska, Grzegorz Liszewski, Dariusz Piotrowski, Joanna Górska, Jolanta Kuśmierczyk, Daniel Candotti, Magdalena Łętowska, Nico Lelie and Ewa Brojer

      Article first published online: 17 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12190

    9. Granulocyte collections: comparison of two apheresis systems

      Kristin Thorausch, Miriam Schulz, Heike Bialleck, Beate Luxembourg, Erhard Seifried and Halvard Bonig

      Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12197

    10. Very-short-term perioperative intravenous iron administration and postoperative outcome in major orthopedic surgery: a pooled analysis of observational data from 2547 patients

      Manuel Muñoz, Susana Gómez-Ramírez, Jorge Cuenca, José Antonio García-Erce, Daniel Iglesias-Aparicio, Sami Haman-Alcober, Daniel Ariza and Enrique Naveira

      Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12195

    11. Rejuvenation of ATP during storage does not reverse effects of the hypothermic storage lesion

      Jayme D.R. Tchir, Jason P. Acker and Jelena L. Holovati

      Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12194

  20. REVIEWS

    1. Transfusion-associated hyperkalemic cardiac arrest in pediatric patients receiving massive transfusion

      Angela C. Lee, Leila L. Reduque, Naomi L.C. Luban, Paul M. Ness, Blair Anton and Eugenie S. Heitmiller

      Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12192

  21. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Quality of freeze-dried (lyophilized) quarantined single-donor plasma

      Jürgen Bux, Dieter Dickhörner and Edgar Scheel

      Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12191

    2. A multicenter evaluation of a new therapeutic plasma exchange procedure

      Jeffrey L. Winters, Edwin A. Burgstaler, Jerome L. Gottschall, Rasheed A. Balogun, Jaime R. Houghton, Wanda J. Lee and Edward L. Snyder

      Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12189

  22. AWARD LECTURES

    1. Emily Cooley lecture 2012: Emily Cooley and techniques that have been applied to characterize DO and JR blood groups

      Marion E. Reid

      Article first published online: 14 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12207

  23. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Identification of novel silent KEL alleles causing KEL:−5 (Ko) phenotype or discordance between KEL:1,−2 phenotype/KEL*01/02 genotype

      Stéphanie Martin-Blanc, Philippe Simon, Dominique Gien, Sandrine Kappler-Gratias, Pierre-Yves Le Pennec and Bach-Nga Pham

      Article first published online: 14 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12206

  24. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Three novel alleles in the Kell blood group system resulting in the Knull phenotype and the first in a Native American

      Joann M. Moulds, Rosemary Persa, Darbi Rierson, Katrina L. Billingsley, Ghislain T. Noumsi, Kim Hue-Roye and Marion E. Reid

      Article first published online: 14 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12205

  25. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. The impact of donor cytomegalovirus DNA on transfusion strategies for at-risk patients

      Malte Ziemann, David Juhl, Siegfried Görg and Holger Hennig

      Article first published online: 14 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12199

    2. ADAMTS13 unbound to larger von Willebrand factor multimers in cryosupernatant: implications for selection of plasma preparations for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treatment

      Yuji Hori, Masaki Hayakawa, Ayami Isonishi, Kenji Soejima, Masanori Matsumoto and Yoshihiro Fujimura

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12182

    3. Neutrophils release extracellular DNA traps during storage of red blood cell units

      Tobias A. Fuchs, Javier J. Alvarez, Kimberly Martinod, Ashish A. Bhandari, Richard M. Kaufman and Denisa D. Wagner

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12203

  26. COMMENTARY

    1. Practical coagulation for the blood banker

      Maureane Hoffman and Lisa J.H. Cichon

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12201

  27. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Molecular basis of two novel and related high-prevalence antigens in the Kell blood group system, KUCI and KANT, and their serologic and spatial association with K11 and KETI

      Randall W. Velliquette, Kim Hue-Roye, Christine Lomas-Francis, Barbara Gillen, Jennifer Schierts, Kristie Gentzkow, Thierry Peyrard, Inge von Zabern, Willy A. Flegel, Karen Rodberg, Asim K. Debnath, Soohee Lee and Marion E. Reid

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12200

  28. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. The costs of transfusion: economic evaluations in transfusion medicine, Part 1

      Seema Kacker, Kevin D. Frick and Aaron A.R. Tobian

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12188

    2. Establishing a framework: economic evaluations in transfusion medicine, Part 2

      Seema Kacker, Kevin D. Frick and Aaron A.R. Tobian

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12187

    3. Constructing a model: economic evaluations in transfusion medicine, Part 3

      Seema Kacker, Kevin D. Frick and Aaron A.R. Tobian

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12186

    4. Data and interpretation: economic evaluations in transfusion medicine, Part 4

      Seema Kacker, Kevin D. Frick and Aaron A.R. Tobian

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12185

    5. The summary of FUT1 and FUT2 genotyping analysis in Chinese para-Bombay individuals including additional nine probands from Guangzhou in China

      Guangping Luo, Ling Wei, Zhen Wang, Hong Luo, Yang Zhao, Runqing Zhang, Chunyan Mo and Yanli Ji

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12183

  29. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Mutation of the GATA site in the erythroid cell–specific regulatory element of the ABO gene in a Bm subgroup individual

      Tamiko Nakajima, Rie Sano, Yoichiro Takahashi, Rieko Kubo, Keiko Takahashi, Yoshihiko Kominato, Junichi Tsukada, Haruo Takeshita, Toshihiro Yasuda, Makoto Uchikawa, Kazumi Isa and Kenichi Ogasawara

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12181

    2. Failure mode and effect analysis in blood transfusion: a proactive tool to reduce risks

      Yao Lu, Fang Teng, Jie Zhou, Aiqing Wen and Yutian Bi

      Article first published online: 8 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12174

  30. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Novel RHD alleles with weak hemagglutination and genetic Exon 9 diversity: weak D Types 45.1, 75, and 76

      Christoph Gassner, Irene Utz, Harald Schennach, Angela Ramoni, Hannes Steiner, Sabine Scholz, Ursula Kreklau and Günther F. Körmöczi

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12180

  31. ORIGINAL RESEARCH

    1. A convenient qualitative and quantitative method to investigate RHD-RHCE hybrid genes

      Yann Fichou, Cédric Le Maréchal, Laurence Bryckaert, Isabelle Dupont, Déborah Jamet, Jian-Min Chen and Claude Férec

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12179

  32. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. You have full text access to this OnlineOpen article
      Comparative analysis of triplex nucleic acid test assays in United States blood donors

      Susan L. Stramer, David E. Krysztof, Jaye P. Brodsky, Tracy A. Fickett, Benjamin Reynolds, Roger Y. Dodd and Steven H. Kleinman

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12178

    2. The HI-STAR study: resource utilization and costs associated with serologic testing for antibody-positive patients at four United States medical centers

      Peter Mazonson, Molly Efrusy, Chris Santas, Alyssa Ziman, James Burner, Susan Roseff, Arthi Vijayaraghavan and Richard Kaufman

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12176

  33. REVIEWS

    1. Efficacy of HLA-matched platelet transfusions for patients with hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia: a systematic review

      Katerina Pavenski, Paolo Rebulla, Rene Duquesnoy, Chee Loong Saw, Sherrill J. Slichter, Susano Tanael and Nadine Shehata, International Collaboration for Guideline Development, Implementation and Evaluation for Transfusion Therapies (ICTMG) Collaborators

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12175

  34. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Next-generation sequencing: proof of concept for antenatal prediction of the fetal Kell blood group phenotype from cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma

      Klaus Rieneck, Mads Bak, Lars Jønson, Frederik Banch Clausen, Grethe Risum Krog, Niels Tommerup, Leif Kofoed Nielsen, Morten Hedegaard and Morten Hanefeld Dziegiel

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12172

    2. Factors affecting red blood cell storage age at the time of transfusion

      Walter H. Dzik, Neil Beckman, Michael F. Murphy, Meghan Delaney, Peter Flanagan, Mark Fung, Marc Germain, Richard L. Haspel, Miguel Lozano, Ronald Sacher, Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski and Silvano Wendel

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12171

    3. High-throughput simultaneous genotyping of human platelet antigen-1 to -16 by using suspension array

      Qun-Xing An, Cui-Ying Li, Li-Juan Xu, Xian-Qing Zhang, Yan-Jun Bai, Zhong-Jun Shao and Wei Zhang

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12164

    4. Riboflavin and ultraviolet light treatment of platelets triggers p38MAPK signaling: inhibition significantly improves in vitro platelet quality after pathogen reduction treatment

      Peter Schubert, Danielle Coupland, Brankica Culibrk, Raymond P. Goodrich and Dana V. Devine

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12173

    5. Quality of red blood cells washed using the ACP 215 cell processor: assessment of optimal pre- and postwash storage times and conditions

      Adele Hansen, Qi-Long Yi and Jason P. Acker

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12170

    6. Exploring the use of expanded erythroid cells for autologous transfusion for anemia of prematurity

      Chantal M. Khodabux, Yvette van Hensbergen, Manon C. Slot, Margreet Bakker-Verweij, Piero C. Giordano and Anneke Brand

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12169

    7. Molecular genetic analysis of ABO blood group variations reveals 29 novel ABO subgroup alleles

      Xiaohong Cai, Sha Jin, Xi Liu, Liangfeng Fan, Qiong Lu, Jianlian Wang, Wei Shen, Songsong Gong, Li Qiu and Dong Xiang

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12168

    8. Use of tranexamic acid results in decreased blood loss and decreased transfusions in patients undergoing staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty

      Todd C. Kelley, Kimberly K. Tucker, Mary Jo Adams and David F. Dalury

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12167

    9. Undisclosed human immunodeficiency virus risk factors identified through a computer-based questionnaire program among blood donors in Brazil

      Paula Fraiman Blatyta, Brian Custer, Thelma Terezinha Gonçalez, Rebecca Birch, Maria Esther Lopes, Maria Ines Lopes Ferreira, Anna Barbara Carneiro Proietti, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Kimberly Page and Cesar de Almeida-Neto, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12166

    10. Enhanced detection of hepatitis B virus in Hong Kong blood donors after introduction of a more sensitive transcription-mediated amplification assay

      Wai-Chiu Tsoi, Nico Lelie and Che-Kit Lin

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12165

    11. In vivo reduction of cell-free methemoglobin to oxyhemoglobin results in vasoconstriction in canines

      Dong Wang, Barbora Piknova, Steven B. Solomon, Irene Cortes-Puch, Steven J. Kern, Junfeng Sun, Tamir Kanias, Mark T. Gladwin, Christine Helms, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, Alan N. Schechter and Charles Natanson

      Article first published online: 14 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12162

    12. Lenograstim compared to filgrastim for the mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells in healthy donors

      Olga Pérez-López, Jesús Martín-Sánchez, Rocío Parody-Porras, Ildefonso Espigado-Tocino, Pilar Noguerol, Magdalena Carmona-González and José A. Pérez-Simón

      Article first published online: 14 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12157

    13. Red blood cells stored for increasing periods produce progressive impairments in nitric oxide–mediated vasodilation

      Jason T. Alexander, Alexander M. El-Ali, James L. Newman, Sulaiman Karatela, Benjamin L. Predmore, David J. Lefer, Roy L. Sutliff and John D. Roback

      Article first published online: 11 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12111

    14. Routine screening of blood donations at Qingdao central blood bank, China, for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA with a real-time, multiplex nucleic acid test for HBV, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus Types 1 and 2

      Zhongsi Yang, Lei Xu, Li Liu, Qiuxia Feng, Longmu Zhang, Weijuan Ma, John Saldanha, Mingmin Wang and Lin Zhao

      Article first published online: 11 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12159

    15. Expression of the CTL2 transcript variants in human peripheral blood cells and human tissues

      Brigitte K. Flesch, Jan Wesche, Tom Berthold, Torsten Goldmann, Matthias Hundt, Andreas Greinacher and Jürgen Bux

      Article first published online: 11 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12160

    16. Red blood cell transfusion–related necrotizing enterocolitis in very-low-birthweight infants: a near-infrared spectroscopy investigation

      Terri Marin, James Moore, Niki Kosmetatos, John D. Roback, Paul Weiss, Melinda Higgins, Linda McCauley, Ora L. Strickland and Cassandra D. Josephson

      Article first published online: 11 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12158

    17. Effect of storage of red blood cells on alloimmunization

      Saurabh Zalpuri, Henk Schonewille, Rutger Middelburg, Leo van de Watering, Karen de Vooght, James Zimring, Johanna G. van der Bom and Jaap Jan Zwaginga

      Article first published online: 11 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12156

    18. Inhibition of lysophosphatidic acid increase by prestorage whole blood leukoreduction in autologous CPDA-1 whole blood

      Yutaka Nagura, Nelson H. Tsuno, Ryunosuke Ohkawa, Takahiro Nojiri, Yasunori Tokuhara, Mika Matsuhashi, Yutaka Yatomi and Koki Takahashi

      Article first published online: 5 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12152

    19. Microbial contamination of hematopoietic progenitor and other regenerative cells used in transplantation and regenerative medicine

      Michael R. Jacobs, Caryn E. Good, Robert M. Fox, Katharine P. Roman and Hillard M. Lazarus

      Article first published online: 5 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12150

    20. D category IV: a group of clinically relevant and phylogenetically diverse partial D

      Inge von Zabern, Franz F. Wagner, Joann M. Moulds, John J. Moulds and Willy A. Flegel

      Article first published online: 5 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12145

    21. Trends in transfusion-transmissible infections among Australian blood donors from 2005 to 2010

      Tarana T.A. Lucky, Clive R. Seed, Anthony Keller, June Lee, Ann McDonald, Susan Ismay, Handan Wand and David P. Wilson

      Article first published online: 5 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12144

    22. The effects of red blood cell preparation method on in vitro markers of red blood cell aging and inflammatory response

      Katherine Radwanski, Olivier Garraud, Fabrice Cognasse, Hind Hamzeh-Cognasse, Jean-Marc Payrat and Kyungyoon Min

      Article first published online: 5 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12143

    23. Long-term return behavior of Chinese whole blood donors

      Nan Guo, Jingxing Wang, Qilu Yu, Tonghan Yang, Xiangdong Dong, Guoxin Wen, Mei-hei-li Tiemuer, Julin Li, Weilan He, Yunlai Lv, Hongli Ma, Xiuqiong Wen, Mei Huang, Paul Ness, Jing Liu, David J. Wright, Kenrad Nelson and Hua Shan, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component

      Article first published online: 5 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12142

    24. The effect of volume replacement during therapeutic leukapheresis on white blood cell reduction in patients with extreme leukocytosis

      Fatih Kurnaz, Serdar Sivgin, Cigdem Pala, Rahsan Yildirim, Suleyman Baldane, Leylagul Kaynar, Musa Solmaz, Ahmet Ozturk, Bulent Eser, Mustafa Cetin and Ali Unal

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12141

    25. Sustained remissions of immune thrombocytopenia associated with the use of thrombopoietin receptor agonists

      Bahareh Ghadaki, Ishac Nazi, John G. Kelton and Donald M. Arnold

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12139

    26. Prolonged ceftriaxone-induced immune thrombocytopenia due to impaired drug clearance: a case report

      Cyril Jacquot, Morvarid Moayeri, Benjamin Kim, Sarah Shugarts, Kara L. Lynch and Andrew D. Leavitt

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12138

    27. Use of human embryonic stem cells and umbilical cord blood stem cells for research and therapy: a prospective survey among health care professionals and patients in Switzerland

      Anna Margaretha Wagner, Werner Krenger, Wolfgang Holzgreve, Peter Bürkli and Daniel V. Surbek

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12137

    28. Role of donor and recipient sex in platelet transfusion

      Martin Stern, Laura Infanti, Alix O'Meara, Jörg Sigle and Andreas Buser

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12136

    29. Screening blood donors for diabetes: analysis of use, accuracy, and cost

      M. James Lenhard, Raelene E. Maser, Paul Kolm, Michael J. Healy and Prakash Seshadri

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12135

  35. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Reduction in vasovagal reaction rate in young first-time blood donors by collecting 350 mL rather than 450 mL

      H.K. Wong, C.K. Lee, J.N. Leung, I.Y. Lee and C.K. Lin

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12134

  36. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Immune modulation and lack of alloimmunization following transfusion with pathogen-reduced platelets in mice

      Rachael P. Jackman, Marcus O. Muench, John W. Heitman, Heather C. Inglis, Jacqueline P. Law, Susanne Marschner, Raymond P. Goodrich and Philip J. Norris

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12133

  37. COMMENTARY

    1. Proficiency tests reveal the need to improve laboratory assays for fetomaternal hemorrhage for Rh immunoprophylaxis

      S. Gerald Sandler, Meghan Delaney and Jerome L. Gottschall, College of American Pathologists Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee

      Article first published online: 27 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12130

  38. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Intraoperative cell salvage is associated with reduced postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery: a cohort study

      Alexander B.A. Vonk, Michael I. Meesters, Robert P. Garnier, Johannes W.A. Romijn, Lerau J.M. van Barneveld, Martijn W. Heymans, Evert K. Jansen and Christa Boer

      Article first published online: 27 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12126

    2. Babesia microti real-time polymerase chain reaction testing of Connecticut blood donors: potential implications for screening algorithms

      Stephanie T. Johnson, Eric R. Van Tassell, Laura Tonnetti, Ritchard G. Cable, Victor P. Berardi and David A. Leiby

      Article first published online: 27 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12125

    3. Comparison of human immunodeficiency virus assays in window phase and elite controller samples: viral load distribution and implications for transmission risk

      Marion Vermeulen, Charl Coleman, Josephine Mitchel, Ravi Reddy, Harry van Drimmelen, Tracy Fickett, Michael Busch and Nico Lelie

      Article first published online: 27 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12117

  39. COMMENTARY

    1. On the appropriate use and interpretation of animal models in transfusion medicine research

      James C. Zimring and Steven L. Spitalnik

      Article first published online: 26 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12131

  40. ORIGINAL RESEARCH

    1. Posttransfusion platelet increments after different platelet products in neonates: a retrospective cohort study

      Áine Honohan, Ella van't Ende, Christian Hulzebos, Enrico Lopriore, Ellen van't Verlaat, Paul Govaert, Anneke Brand and Johanna van der Bom

      Article first published online: 26 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12127

  41. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. If the permanent deferral were lifted would men who have sex with men want to donate blood, and if so, who would be eligible?

      Geoffrey A. Belanger, Willi McFarland, H. Fisher Raymond and Brian Custer

      Article first published online: 26 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12124

  42. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Seroprevalence and incidence of hepatitis E virus infection in German blood donors

      David Juhl, Sally A. Baylis, Johannes Blümel, Siegfried Görg and Holger Hennig

      Article first published online: 26 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12121

    2. Interstitial fluid shifts to plasma compartment during blood donation

      Fumiko Saito, Tomoko Shimazu, Junko Miyamoto, Taisei Maemura and Masahiro Satake

      Article first published online: 26 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12120

    3. Comparison of visually estimated blood loss with direct hemoglobin measurement in multilevel spine surgery

      Nicole R. Guinn, Bob W. Broomer, William White, William Richardson and Steven E. Hill

      Article first published online: 26 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12119

  43. BRIEF REPORT

    1. The JR blood group system: identification of alleles that alter expression

      Kim Hue-Roye, Teresa Zelinski, Adam Cobaugh, Christine Lomas-Francis, Toru Miyazaki, Yoshihiko Tani, Connie M. Westhoff and Marion E. Reid

      Article first published online: 25 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12118

  44. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Sterility testing of apheresis hematopoietic progenitor cell products using an automated blood culture system

      Chang Liu, Carol Weber, Diane S. Sempek, Brenda J. Grossman and Carey-Ann D. Burnham

      Article first published online: 25 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12115

    2. A novel method of CD34+ cell separation from umbilical cord blood

      J.N. Mehrishi and Tibor Bakács

      Article first published online: 22 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12123

  45. REVIEWS

    1. Current and historical perspectives on methodological flaws in processing umbilical cord blood

      J.N. Mehrishi

      Article first published online: 22 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12122

  46. COMMENTARY

    1. Why has Borrelia burgdorferi not been transmitted by blood transfusion?

      Yelena Ginzburg, Debra Kessler, Steven Kang, Beth Shaz and Gary P. Wormser

      Article first published online: 17 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12116

  47. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Linear relationship between lymphocyte counts in peripheral blood and buffy coat collected during extracorporeal photopheresis

      Chang Liu, Kalpna Shah, Marian Dynis, Charles S. Eby and Brenda J. Grossman

      Article first published online: 17 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12114

    2. Protamine-induced immune thrombocytopenia

      Atul Singla, Mia J. Sullivan, Grace Lee, John Bartholomew, Samir Kapadia, Richard H. Aster and Brian R. Curtis

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12112

    3. Addition of ascorbic acid solution to stored murine red blood cells increases posttransfusion recovery and decreases microparticles and alloimmunization

      Sean R. Stowell, Nicole H. Smith, James C. Zimring, Xiaoyun Fu, Andre F. Palmer, Jorge Fontes, Uddyalok Banerjee and Mark H. Yazer

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12106

    4. Human T-lymphotropic virus lookback in NHS Blood and Transplant (England) reveals the efficacy of leukoreduction

      Patricia E. Hewitt, Katy Davison, David R. Howell and Graham P. Taylor

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12105

    5. Novel alginate three-dimensional static and rotating culture systems for effective ex vivo amplification of human cord blood hematopoietic stem cells and in vivo functional analysis of amplified cells in NOD/SCID mice

      Yan Yuan, Wai-Yee Sin, Bofu Xue, Yan Ke, Kai-Tai Tse, Zi Chen, Yi Xie and Yong Xie

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12103

  48. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Measurements of human herpesvirus 8 viral load in blood before and after leukoreduction filtration

      Sheila C. Dollard, John D. Roback, Clifford Gunthel, Minal M. Amin, Sheilagh Barclay, Ericka Patrick and Matthew J. Kuehnert

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12108

  49. REVIEWS

    1. The evolving role of plerixafor in hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization

      Yvette C. Tanhehco, Dan T. Vogl, Edward A. Stadtmauer and Una O'Doherty

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12102

  50. CASE REPORTS

    1. Transfusion-transmitted human T-lymphotropic virus Type I infection in a United States military emergency whole blood transfusion recipient in Afghanistan, 2010

      Shilpa Hakre, Mark M. Manak, Clinton K. Murray, Kenneth W. Davis, Meera Bose, Aaron J. Harding, Peter R. Maas, Linda L. Jagodzinski, Jerome H. Kim, Nelson L. Michael, Francisco J. Rentas, Sheila A. Peel, Paul T. Scott and Sodsai Tovanabutra

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12101

  51. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Combining serology and molecular typing of weak D role in improving D typing strategy in Egypt

      Abeer Mohamed Abdelrazik, Shahira Morsy Elshafie, Ghada M. Ezzat Ahmed and Hossam M. Abdelaziz

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12100

  52. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Noninvasive pH monitoring of platelet concentrates: a large field test

      Effimia Gkoumassi, Christa Klein-Bosgoed, Margriet J. Dijkstra-Tiekstra, Dirk de Korte and Janny de Wildt-Eggen

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12099

  53. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Development of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for sensitive detection and quantitation of Babesia microti infection

      Evan M. Bloch, Tzong-Hae Lee, Peter J. Krause, Sam R. Telford III, Lani Montalvo, Daniel Chafets, Sahar Usmani-Brown, Timothy J. Lepore and Michael P. Busch

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12098

    2. The cost-effectiveness of platelet additive solution to prevent allergic transfusion reactions

      Seema Kacker, Paul M. Ness, William J. Savage, Kevin D. Frick, Jeffrey McCullough, Karen E. King and Aaron A.R. Tobian

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12095

    3. Listeria monocytogenes in donated platelets: a potential transfusion-transmitted pathogen intercepted through screening

      Manoj Menon, Lewis Graves, Katherine McCombs, Kelly Hise, Benjamin Silk, Matthew Kuehnert and Michael Lynch

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12097

    4. Infectivity of blood products from donors with occult hepatitis B virus infection

      Jean-Pierre Allain, Ivanka Mihaljevic, Maria Isabel Gonzalez-Fraile, Knut Gubbe, Lene Holm-Harritshøj, Jose Maria Garcia, Ewa Brojer, Christian Erikstrup, Mona Saniewski, Lorenz Wernish, Lydia Bianco, Henrik Ullum, Daniel Candotti, Nico Lelie, Wolfram H. Gerlich and Michael Chudy

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12096

    5. Intravascular immune hemolysis caused by the contrast medium iomeprol

      Beate Mayer, Albrecht Leo, Angela Herziger, Philipp Houben, Peter Schemmer and Abdulgabar Salama

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12089

    6. Microparticle formation in apheresis platelets is not affected by three leukoreduction filters

      Kenneth E. Nollet, Shunnichi Saito, Takako Ono, Alain Ngoma and Hitoshi Ohto

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12088

    7. HNA-1d: a new human neutrophil antigen located on Fcγ receptor IIIb associated with neonatal immune neutropenia

      Angelika Reil, Ulrich J. Sachs, Tania Siahanidou, Brigitte K. Flesch and Juergen Bux

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12086

  54. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Long-term clinical outcomes after Streptococcus bovis isolation in asymptomatic blood donors in Hong Kong

      C.K. Lee, H.M.H. Chan, P.L. Ho, H.K. Wong, J.N.S. Leung, W.C. Tsoi and C.K. Lin

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12087

  55. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. PAS-G supports platelet reconstitution after cryopreservation in the absence of plasma

      Lacey Johnson, Samantha Reid, Shereen Tan, Diana Vidovic and Denese C. Marks

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12084

    2. Establishment of an unrelated umbilical cord blood bank qualification program: ensuring quality while meeting Food and Drug Administration vendor qualification requirements

      Fran Rabe, Diane Kadidlo, Lisa Van Orsow and David McKenna

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12085

    3. Routine bacterial screening of apheresis platelets on Day 4 using a rapid test: a 4-year single-center experience

      Nancy M. Dunbar, Justin D. Kreuter, Cynthia R. Marx-Wood, Larry J. Dumont and Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12083

    4. Storage of red blood cells affects membrane composition, microvesiculation, and in vitro quality

      Ruqayyah Almizraq, Jayme D.R. Tchir, Jelena L. Holovati and Jason P. Acker

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12080

    5. Inactivation of Plasmodium spp. in plasma and platelet concentrates using riboflavin and ultraviolet light

      Shawn D. Keil, Patti Kiser, James J. Sullivan, Amy S. Kong, Heather L. Reddy, Anne Avery and Raymond P. Goodrich

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12079

    6. Viability of umbilical cord blood mononuclear cell subsets until 96 hours after collection

      Fernanda G. Pereira-Cunha, Adriana S.S. Duarte, Fernando F. Costa, Sara T.O. Saad, Irene Lorand-Metze and Angela C.M. Luzo

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12078

    7. Recovery, safety, and tolerability of a solvent/detergent-treated and prion-safeguarded transfusion plasma in a randomized, crossover, clinical trial in healthy volunteers

      Petra Jilma-Stohlawetz, Friedrich W. Kursten, Michaela Horvath, Gerda Leitner, Jana List, Jana Marcek, Peter Quehenberger, Michael Schwameis, Johann Bartko, Ulla Derhaschnig and Bernd Jilma

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12075

    8. Identifying mild and severe preeclampsia in asymptomatic pregnant women by levels of cell-free fetal DNA

      Tanja Roien Jakobsen, Frederik Banch Clausen, Line Rode, Morten Hanefeld Dziegiel and Ann Tabor

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12073

  56. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Characterization of various blood and graft sources: a prospective series

      Patrice Chevallier, Nelly Robillard, Marina Illiaquer, Julie Esbelin, Mohamad Mohty, Celine Bodin-Bressollette, Thierry Guillaume, Veronique Stocco, Fabienne Auffray, Sophie Derenne, Lucie Planche, Marie-Christine Bene and Berthe-Marie Imbert-Marcille

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12072

  57. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Blood transfusions and the subsequent risk of cancers in the United States elderly

      Regina Riedl, Eric A. Engels, Joan L. Warren, Andrea Berghold, Winnie Ricker and Ruth M. Pfeiffer

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12071

    2. Virally inactivated human platelet concentrate lysate induces regulatory T cells and immunosuppressive effect in a murine asthma model

      Yueh-Lun Lee, Lin-Wen Lee, Chen-Yao Su, George Hsiao, Yi-Yuan Yang, Sy-Jye Leu, Ying-Hua Shieh and Thierry Burnouf

      Article first published online: 11 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12068

    3. Donor anxiety, needle pain, and syncopal reactions combine to determine retention: a path analysis of two-year donor return data

      Christopher R. France, Janis L. France, Mary Ellen Wissel, Blaine Ditto, Tara Dickert and Lina K. Himawan

      Article first published online: 11 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12069

  58. CASE REPORTS

    1. A V740L mutation in glycoprotein IIb defines a novel epitope (War) associated with fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

      Anthony Poles, Marcin J. Woźniak, Piers Walser, Kay Ridgwell, Joan Fitzgerald, Ann Green, Ruth Gilmore and Geoff Lucas

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12067

  59. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Mononuclear cell collection for extracorporeal photochemotherapy: a study comparing an automatic and a semiautomatic apheresis device

      Claudia Del Fante, Luigia Scudeller, Gianluca Viarengo, Marila Cervio and Cesare Perotti

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12065

    2. Lot-to-lot variability in HLA antibody screening using a multiplexed bead-based assay

      Manish J. Gandhi, Danielle M. Carrick, Sarah Jenkins, Steven De Goey, Nancy A. Ploeger, Gregory A. Wilson, Jar How Lee, Jeffrey L. Winters, James R. Stubbs, Pearl Toy and Philip J. Norris, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Specialized Center of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) TRALI Study and Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12064

    3. An analysis of risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection among Chinese blood donors

      Jingxing Wang, Jing Liu, Yi Huang, Tonghan Yang, Fuzhu Yao, Xiangdong Dong, Guoxin Wen, Xinhong Bi, Mingjiang Zhao, Xiuqiong Wen, Mei Huang, Yunlai Lü, Hongli Ma, Qilu Yu, David Wright, Nan Guo, Paul Ness and Hua Shan, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12062

    4. Ascertainment of iron deficiency and depletion in blood donors through screening questions for pica and restless legs syndrome

      Barbara J. Bryant, Yu Ying Yau, Sarah M. Arceo, Julie A. Hopkins and Susan F. Leitman

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12061

    5. Proteomic analysis of platelets treated with gamma irradiation versus a commercial photochemical pathogen reduction technology

      Cristina Marrocco, Angelo D'Alessandro, Gabriella Girelli and Lello Zolla

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12060

  60. COMMITTEE REPORTS

    1. Extracorporeal photopheresis for the treatment of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease in adults and children: best practice recommendations from an Italian Society of Hemapheresis and Cell Manipulation (SIdEM) and Italian Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation (GITMO) consensus process

      Luca Pierelli, Paolo Perseghin, Monia Marchetti, Chiara Messina, Cesare Perotti, Alessandro Mazzoni, Andrea Bacigalupo, Franco Locatelli, Paolo Carlier and Alberto Bosi, Società Italiana di Emaferesi and Manipolazione Cellulare (SIdEM) and Gruppo Italiano Trapianto Midollo Osseo (GITMO)

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12059

  61. ORIGINAL RESEARCH

    1. The challenges of measuring bleeding outcomes in clinical trials of platelet transfusions

      Lise J. Estcourt, Nancy Heddle, Richard Kaufman, Jeffrey McCullough, Michael F. Murphy, Sherrill Slichter, Erica M. Wood and Simon J. Stanworth, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12058

  62. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Myelodysplastic syndrome incidence, transfusion dependence, health care use, and complications: an Australian population-based study 1998 to 2008

      Zoe K. McQuilten, Mark N. Polizzotto, Erica M. Wood and Vijaya Sundararajan

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12054

    2. Blood utilization in patients with burn injury and association with clinical outcomes

      Rommel P. Lu, Feng-Chang Lin, Shiara M. Ortiz-Pujols, Sasha D. Adams, Herbert C. Whinna, Bruce A. Cairns and Nigel S. Key

      Article first published online: 24 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12057

    3. Motivational differences between whole blood and plasma donors already exist before their first donation experience

      Ingrid Veldhuizen and Anne van Dongen

      Article first published online: 24 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12056

    4. A pilot study to assess the hemostatic function of pathogen-reduced platelets in patients with thrombocytopenia

      Pär I. Johansson, Anne Catrine Simonsen, Peter N. Brown, Sisse R. Ostrowski, Liesbeth Deberdt, Pascale Van Hoydonck, Susan S. Yonemura and Raymond P. Goodrich

      Article first published online: 24 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12055

    5. The implementation of surface plasmon resonance technique in monitoring pregnancies with expected fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

      Tamam Bakchoul, Gérald Bertrand, Annika Krautwurst, Hartmut Kroll, Gregor Bein, Ulrich J. Sachs, Sentot Santoso and Cécile Kaplan

      Article first published online: 24 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12051

    6. Antibody-mediated glycophorin C coligation on K562 cells induces phosphatidylserine exposure and cell death in an atypical apoptotic process

      Duncheng Wang, Eva Seto, Jenny Shu, Jonathan A. Micieli, Bernard J. Fernandes and Gregory A. Denomme

      Article first published online: 24 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12028

    7. Molecular background of novel silent RHCE alleles

      Bach-Nga Pham, Stéphanie Ramelet, Bénédicte Wibaut, Genevieve Juszczak, Chawki Loukil, Isabelle Dubeaux, Dominique Gien, Sandrine Kappler-Gratias, Philippe Rouger and Pierre-Yves Le Pennec

      Article first published online: 17 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12023

  63. CASE REPORTS

    1. Maintaining hemostasis in acquired von Willebrand syndrome: a review of intravenous immunoglobulin and the importance of rituximab dose scheduling

      Jennifer A. Kanakry and Douglas E. Gladstone

      Article first published online: 17 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12017

  64. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Prion removal capacity of plasma protein manufacturing processes: A data collection from PPTA member companies

      Kang Cai, Albrecht Gröner, Herbert O. Dichtelmüller, Fabrizio Fabbrizzi, Eckhard Flechsig, Rodrigo Gajardo, Ilka von Hoegen, Juan I. Jorquera, Christoph Kempf, Thomas R. Kreil, Douglas C. Lee, Mila Moscardini, Gerhard Pölsler and Nathan J. Roth

      Article first published online: 17 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12050

    2. Does Rh immune globulin suppress HLA sensitization in pregnancy?

      Richard M. Kaufman, Karen S. Schlumpf, David J. Wright and Darrell J. Triulzi, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)

      Article first published online: 17 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12049

    3. Replaced platelet concentrates containing a new additive solution, M-sol: safety and efficacy for pediatric patients

      Ryu Yanagisawa, Shigetaka Shimodaira, Shunsuke Kojima, Nobuhiko Nakasone, Shinsuke Ishikawa, Kayo Momose, Takayuki Honda, Kentaro Yoshikawa, Shoji Saito, Miyuki Tanaka, Yozo Nakazawa, Kazuo Sakashita, Masaaki Shiohara, Mitsuaki Akino, Junichi Hirayama, Hiroshi Azuma and Kenichi Koike

      Article first published online: 17 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12025

    4. Anti-Ge3 causes late-onset hemolytic disease of the newborn: the fourth case in three Hispanic families

      Lisa Lee Pate, Jessica C. Myers, Jonathan P. Palma, Maurene Viele, Susan A. Galel, Zenaida Ferrer, Christopher L. Gonzalez, William E. Benitz, George Garratty and Magali J. Fontaine

      Article first published online: 12 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12027

    5. A major target for warm immunoglobulin G autoantibodies: the third external loop of Band 3

      Daniel Janvier, Yin Lam, Isabelle Lopez, Lalia Elakredar and Philippe Bierling

      Article first published online: 12 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12026

    6. Cost–utility analysis of oral deferasirox versus infusional deferoxamine in transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients

      Ali Keshtkaran, Mehdi Javanbakht, Sedigheh Salavati, Atefeh Mashayekhi, Mehran Karimi and Bijan Nuri

      Article first published online: 12 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12024

  65. COMMENTARY

    1. Applying principles of formulary management to blood banking

      Nancy L. Fagan, Patrick M. Malone, Richard J. Baltaro and Mark A. Malesker

      Article first published online: 12 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12020

  66. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. The effect of a preoperative erythropoietin protocol as part of a multifaceted blood management program in daily clinical practice

      Hieronymus J. Doodeman, Ingrid M.M. van Haelst, Toine C.G. Egberts, Martin Bennis, Han S. Traast, Wouter W. van Solinge, Cor J. Kalkman and Wilton A. van Klei

      Article first published online: 12 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12016

    2. Cryopreservation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells amplified ex vivo from cord blood CD34+ cells

      Pascale Duchez, Jean Chevaleyre, Philippe Brunet de la Grange, Marija Vlaski, Jean-Michel Boiron, Guy Wouters and Zoran Ivanovic

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12015

  67. COMMENTARY

    1. The transfusion medicine specialist as a coagulation consultant: a new variant of therapeutic pathology

      Christopher A. Tormey and Brian R. Smith

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12012

  68. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Frequency and risk factors for donor reactions in an anonymous blood donor survey

      Mindy Goldman, Lori Osmond, Qi-Long Yi, Keltie Cameron-Choi and Sheila F. O'Brien

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12011

    2. Evaluation of the quality of blood components obtained after automated separation of whole blood by a new multiunit processor

      Johan W. Lagerberg, Jose A. Salado-Jimena, Helena Löf, Ido J. Bontekoe, Connie Nielsen, Caroline Verheggen, Geert van Waeg, Pieter F. van der Meer, Dirk de Korte, Morten B. Hansen and Folke Knutson

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12010

  69. ORIGINAL ARTICLE—BLOOD GROUP GENOMICS

    1. Establishment of a medium-throughput approach for the genotyping of RHD variants and report of nine novel rare alleles

      Yann Fichou, Cédric Le Maréchal, Déborah Jamet, Laurence Bryckaert, Chandran Ka, Marie-Pierre Audrézet, Gérald Le Gac, Isabelle Dupont, Jian-Min Chen and Claude Férec

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12009

  70. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Red blood cell–derived microparticles isolated from blood units initiate and propagate thrombin generation

      Olivier Rubin, Julien Delobel, Michel Prudent, Niels Lion, Kid Kohl, Erik I. Tucker, Jean-Daniel Tissot and Anne Angelillo-Scherrer

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12008

    2. Does anemia impact hospital readmissions after coronary artery bypass surgery?

      Nadine Shehata, Alan Forster, Le Li, Deanna M. Rothwell, C. David Mazer, Gary Naglie, Robert Fowler, Jack V. Tu, Fraser D. Rubens, Steven Hawken and Kumanan Wilson

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12007

    3. Avoiding room temperature storage and delayed cryopreservation provide better postthaw potency in hematopoietic progenitor cell grafts

      Laura Jayne Fry, Sergio Querol Giner, Susana G. Gomez, Melanie Green, Sally Anderson, Jackie Horder, Stephanie McArdle, Robert Rees and Jose Alejandro Madrigal

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12006

    4. Blood supply safety in Afghanistan: a national assessment of high-volume facilities

      G. Farooq Mansoor, Ahmad Masoud Rahmani, M. Aziz Kakar, Pashtoon Hashimy, Parwiz Abrahimi, Paul T. Scott, Sheila A. Peel, Francisco J. Rentas and Catherine S. Todd

      Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12005

    5. Analyzing actual risk in malaria-deferred donors through selective serologic testing

      Megan L. Nguyen, Tami Goff, Joan Gibble, Whitney R. Steele and David A. Leiby

      Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12004

    6. The diversity of chronic hepatitis B virus infections within blood donors in England and North Wales 2005 through 2010

      Gillian K. Rosenberg, Sam Lattimore, Susan R. Brailsford, Patricia E. Hewitt, Kate I. Tettmar, Alan D. Kitchen, Samreen Ijaz and Richard S. Tedder

      Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12003

  71. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. Weak D phenotypes caused by intronic mutations in the RHD gene: four novel weak D alleles identified in the Chinese population

      Luyi Ye, Yunlei He, Huanhuan Gao, Zhonghui Guo and Ziyan Zhu

      Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12002

  72. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Flow cytometric assessment of agonist-induced P-selectin expression as a measure of platelet quality in stored platelet concentrates

      Rutger A. Middelburg, Mark Roest, Jannemieke Ham, Miriam Coccoris, Jaap Jan Zwaginga and Pieter F. van der Meer

      Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/trf.12001

    2. Viremic profiles in asymptomatic and symptomatic chikungunya fever: a blood transfusion threat?

      Hatsadee Appassakij, Paiwon Khuntikij, Marisa Kemapunmanus, Rochana Wutthanarungsan and Khachornsakdi Silpapojakul

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03960.x

    3. Comparison of transfusion efficacy of amotosalen-based pathogen-reduced platelet components and gamma-irradiated platelet components

      Joerg-Peter Sigle, Laura Infanti, Jan-Dirk Studt, Maria Martinez, Martin Stern, Alois Gratwohl, Jakob Passweg, André Tichelli and Andreas S. Buser

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03959.x

    4. Processed residual pump blood in cardiac surgery: the Processed Residual Blood in Cardiac surgery trial

      Richard Whitlock, Joseph Mathew, John Eikelboom, Ayman Mohammad Al-Saleh, Fei Yuan and Kevin Teoh

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03958.x

    5. Zinc protoporphyrin levels have added value in the prediction of low hemoglobin deferral in whole blood donors

      A. Mireille Baart, Wim L.A.M. de Kort, Karel G.M. Moons, Femke Atsma and Yvonne Vergouwe

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03957.x

    6. High prevalence of subclinical iron deficiency in whole blood donors not deferred for low hemoglobin

      A. Mireille Baart, Paulus A.H. van Noord, Yvonne Vergouwe, Karel G.M. Moons, Dorine W. Swinkels, Erwin T. Wiegerinck, Wim L.A.M de Kort and Femke Atsma

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03956.x

  73. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. The value of screening signal-to-cutoff ratios for hepatitis C virus antibody confirmation

      Susan L. Stramer, Roger Y. Dodd and Jaye P. Brodsky

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03955.x

  74. BRIEF REPORT

    1. Safe fetal platelet genotyping: new developments

      Emilie Le Toriellec, Christophe Chenet and Cecile Kaplan

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03954.x

  75. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. The effect of blood transfusion on cerebral hemodynamics in preterm infants

      Kosuke Koyano, Takashi Kusaka, Shinji Nakamura, Makoto Nakamura, Yukihiko Konishi, Takanori Miki, Masaki Ueno, Saneyuki Yasuda, Hitoshi Okada, Tomoko Nishida, Kenichi Isobe and Susumu Itoh

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03953.x

  76. COMMENTARY

    1. Clinical trials evaluating pathogen-reduced platelet products: methodologic issues and recommendations

      Richard J. Cook and Nancy M. Heddle

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03951.x

  77. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Relationship between ABO genotype and A antigen expression on platelets

      Michelle E. DeLelys, Gorka Ochoa, Christine M. Cserti-Gazdewich, Christine Vietz, Frederic I. Preffer and Walter Dzik

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03952.x

    2. Selective testing for Trypanosoma cruzi: the first year after implementation at Canadian Blood Services

      Sheila F. O'Brien, Vito Scalia, Mindy Goldman, Wenli Fan, Qi-Long Yi, Irene R. Dines, Mary Huang, Momar Ndao and Margaret A. Fearon

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03950.x

    3. Impact of chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay screening for human parvovirus B19 antigen in Japanese blood donors

      Hidekatsu Sakata, Keiji Matsubayashi, Hiromi Ihara, Shinichiro Sato, Toshiaki Kato, Akemi Wakisaka, Kenji Tadokoro, Mei-ying W. Yu, Sally A. Baylis, Hisami Ikeda and Shigeru Takamoto

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03949.x

    4. Babesia microti seroprevalence in Minnesota blood donors

      Laura Tonnetti, Aaron M. Thorp, Barbara Deisting, Gary Bachowski, Stephanie T. Johnson, Andrew R. Wey, James S. Hodges, David A. Leiby and David Mair

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03948.x

    5. Déjà-vu all over again: using simulation to evaluate the impact of shorter shelf life for red blood cells at Héma-Québec

      John T. Blake, Matthew Hardy, Gilles Delage and Geneviève Myhal

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03947.x

  78. Original Articles

    1. Cyclosporin A therapy on idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the relapse setting: two case reports and a review of the literature

      Murvet Yilmaz, Ahmet Emre Eskazan, Abdulkadir Unsal, Hakan Taninmis, Ekrem Kara, Mustafa Cetiner and Burhan Ferhanoglu

      Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03944.x

  79. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Investigating the prevalence of transfusion transmission of Plasmodium within a hyperendemic blood donation system

      Graham Freimanis, Mary Sedegah, Shirley Owusu-Ofori, Sanjai Kumar and Jean-Pierre Allain

      Article first published online: 31 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03943.x

    2. Modeling the transmission risk of emerging infectious diseases through blood transfusion

      Welling Oei, Mart P. Janssen, Cees L. van der Poel, Jim E. van Steenbergen, Sybille Rehmet and Mirjam E.E. Kretzschmar

      Article first published online: 31 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03941.x

    3. Implementation intentions intervention among temporarily deferred novice blood donors

      Gaston Godin, Steve Amireault, Lydi-Anne Vézina-Im, Paschal Sheeran, Mark Conner, Marc Germain and Gilles Delage

      Article first published online: 31 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03939.x

  80. BRIEF REPORTS

    1. How do I provide leukapheresis products? Blood center experience and evidence for process improvement

      Yelena Ginzburg, Debra Kessler, Manlio Narici, Melinda Caltabiano, Mark Rebosa, Donna Strauss and Beth Shaz

      Article first published online: 31 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03938.x

  81. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Postnatal outcome in neonates with severe Rhesus c compared to Rhesus D hemolytic disease

      Mirjam E.A. Rath, Vivianne E.H.J. Smits-Wintjens, Irene T.M. Lindenburg, Claudia C. Folman, Anneke Brand, Inge L. van Kamp, Dick Oepkes, Frans J. Walther and Enrico Lopriore

      Article first published online: 31 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03937.x

    2. The residual risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury at the American Red Cross (2008-2011): limitations of a predominantly male-donor plasma mitigation strategy

      Anne F. Eder, Beth A. Dy, Jaime M. Perez, Michele Rambaud and Richard J. Benjamin

      Article first published online: 31 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03935.x

  82. ORIGINAL RESEARCH

    1. The JR blood group system (ISBT 032): molecular characterization of three new null alleles

      Kim Hue-Roye, Christine Lomas-Francis, Gail Coghlan, Teresa Zelinski and Marion E. Reid

      Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03930.x

  83. REVIEW

    1. A patient-oriented risk–benefit analysis of pathogen-inactivated blood components: application to apheresis platelets in the United States

      Steven Kleinman, William Reed and Adonis Stassinopoulos

      Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03928.x

  84. ORIGINAL RESEARCH

    1. The effectiveness and safety of fixed low-dose prothrombin complex concentrates in patients requiring urgent reversal of warfarin

      Cindy Varga, Sultan Al-Touri, Stella Papadoukakis, Stephen Caplan, Susan Kahn and Mark Blostein

      Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03924.x

  85. REVIEW

    1. Risks and adverse outcomes associated with emergency-release red blood cell transfusion

      Sudhanshu B. Mulay, Elizabeth A. Jaben, Pamela Johnson, Karafa Badjie and James R. Stubbs

      Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03922.x

  86. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. High acceptance rate of hybrid allogeneic–autologous umbilical cord blood banking among actual and potential Swiss donors

      Anna-Margaretha Wagner, Werner Krenger, Eva Suter, Dorra Ben Hassem and Daniel V. Surbek

      Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03921.x

  87. Original Articles

    1. RHD and RHCE variant and zygosity genotyping via multiplex ligation–dependent probe amplification

      Lonneke Haer-Wigman, Barbera Veldhuisen, Remco Jonkers, Martin Lodén, Tracey E. Madgett, Neil D. Avent, Masja de Haas and C. Ellen van der Schoot

      Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03919.x

    2. Enhanced shear-induced platelet aggregation due to low-temperature storage

      Robbie K. Montgomery, Kristin M. Reddoch, Shankar J. Evani, Andrew P. Cap and Anand K. Ramasubramanian

      Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03917.x

    3. The effect of frequent whole blood donation on ferritin, hepcidin, and subclinical atherosclerosis

      Karlijn Peffer, Martin den Heijer, Suzanne Holewijn, Jacqueline de Graaf, Dorine W. Swinkels, André L.M. Verbeek and Femke Atsma

      Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03916.x

    4. African culturally and linguistically diverse communities’ blood donation intentions in Australia: integrating knowledge into the theory of planned behavior

      Michael Jay Polonsky, André M.N. Renzaho, Ahmed Shahriar Ferdous and Zoe McQuilten

      Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03915.x

  88. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

    1. Residual risk of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection caused by blood components derived from donors with occult HBV infection in Japan

      Rikizo Taira, Masahiro Satake, Shun'ya Momose, Satoru Hino, Yoshiharu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Murokawa, Shigeharu Uchida and Kenji Tadokoro

      Article first published online: 4 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03909.x

  89. Original Articles

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