Progress in Transfusion Medicine; Especially Leukoreduction and Its Related Areas

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE Universal prestorage leukoreduction in Canada decreases platelet alloimmunization and refractoriness

Randomized controlled trials have shown a reduction in platelet alloimmunization and refractoriness in patients with acute leukemia (AL) with the use of poststorage leukoreduction of blood products. Universal prestorage leukoreduction (ULR) of red cell and platelet products has been performed in Canada since August 1999. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 13 902 platelet transfusions in 6...

Social Well-Being and Its Related Areas in Older People Living in Nursing Homes

Introduction: The surge in the aging population is a global phenomenon. Thus, it calls for attention to the issue of health, comfort, and welfare of the elderly in different aspects including Social Well-being (SW).  Objective: In this regard, this study aims to investigate the SW status and its related areas in the elderly people living in nursing homes of Rasht City, Iran with respect to soc...

Educational Need Assessment of Anesthesiologists and Surgeons in Transfusion Medicine

Introduction: Developing continuing medical education (CME) programs should be based on assessments of learners’ needs. On the other hand, one of the prevalent problems in Iran is the excessive use of blood products, and the highest demand for blood transfusion is related to surgical wards. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the educational needs of anesthesiologists and surgeons in...

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE Evaluation of different methods of leukoreduction of donor platelets to prevent alloimmune platelet refractoriness and induce tolerance in a canine transfusion model

The effectiveness of different methods of leukoreduction in preventing alloimmune platelet refractoriness was evaluated in a canine model. Platelets from a random donor dog were administered for up to 8 weeks or until platelet refractoriness. Standard (STD; unmodified) platelets were accepted by 14% of recipients (n 7) compared with 14% for centrifuge leukoreduced (C-LR) platelets (n 21) and 31...

Progress on Membrane Distillation and Related Technologies