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Poston JN, Brown SP, Ginsburg AS, Ilich A, Herren H, El Kassar N, Triulzi DJ, Key NS, May S, Gernsheimer TB. Analysis of bleeding outcomes in patients with hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia in the A-TREAT clinical trial. Transfusion 2024. [PMID: 39373106 DOI: 10.1111/trf.18028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2024] [Accepted: 09/16/2024] [Indexed: 10/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Despite prophylactic platelet transfusions, hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia is associated with bleeding; historical risk factors include hematocrit (HCT)≤ $$ \le $$ 25%, activated partial thromboplastin time≥ $$ \ge $$ 30 s, international normalized ratio≥ $$ \ge $$ 1.2, and platelets≤ $$ \le $$ 5000/μL. METHODS We performed a post hoc analysis of bleeding outcomes and risk factors in participants with hematologic malignancy and hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia enrolled in the American Trial to Evaluate Tranexamic Acid Therapy in Thrombocytopenia (A-TREAT) and randomized to receive either tranexamic acid (TXA) or placebo. RESULTS World Health Organization (WHO) grade 2+ bleeding occurred in 46% of 330 participants, with no difference between the TXA (44%) and placebo (47%) groups (p = 0.66). Overall, the most common sites of bleeding were oronasal (18%), skin (17%), gastrointestinal (11%), and genitourinary (11%). Among participants of childbearing potential, 28% experienced vaginal bleeding. Platelets ≤5000/μL and HCT < 21% (after adjusting for severe thrombocytopenia) were independently associated with increased bleeding risk (HR 3.78, 95% CI 2.16-6.61; HR 2.67, 95% CI 1.35-5.27, respectively). Allogeneic stem cell transplant was associated with nonsignificant increased risk of bleeding versus chemotherapy alone (HR 1.34, 95% CI 0.94-1.91). DISCUSSION The overall rate of WHO grade 2+ bleeding was similar to previous reports, albeit with lower rates of gastrointestinal bleeding. Vaginal bleeding was common in participants of childbearing potential. Platelets ≤5000/μL remained a risk factor for bleeding. Regardless of platelet count, bleeding risk increased with HCT < 21%, suggesting a red blood cell transfusion threshold above 21% should be considered to mitigate bleeding. More investigation is needed on strategies to reduce bleeding in this population.
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- Jacqueline N Poston
- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
- Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Hematology & Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Marco-Ayala J, Asensi Cantó P, Suarez M, Lamas B, Santiago M, Gómez I, Arnao M, Sanz J, Montava A, Sanz MÁ, de la Rubia J, Solves P. Single-Unit Transfusion Policy in Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Less is Not Worse. Transfus Med Rev 2024; 38:150859. [PMID: 39383656 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2024.150859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2024] [Revised: 08/30/2024] [Accepted: 09/02/2024] [Indexed: 10/11/2024]
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Single-unit red blood cell (1-RBC) transfusion policy has shown to effectively reduce transfusion burden while maintaining comparable clinical outcomes in hematological patients compared to the classical double-unit policy. However, its effects specifically after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) have not been previously studied. We aimed to evaluate the impact of the 1-RBC policy on transfusion burden in a homogeneous cohort of patients undergoing ASCT. We retrospectively compared the transfusion requirements and the clinical outcomes of 187 patients transplanted from May 2019 to December 2022 under a 1-RBC policy, with a historical cohort of 153 patients transplanted from January 2016 to April 2019 under a double-unit policy. The 1-RBC policy was associated with a 32% reduction in RBC utilization and lower number of RBC transfusions at day 30 after transplantation (median 2 versus 3 units; P < .0001), with an odds ratio of 0.49 in multivariate analysis (P = .03). However, the number of transfusion episodes remained similar (median of 2 in both arms; P = .34). No significant differences in length of stay, hemoglobin levels at discharge or 30-day mortality were observed. In conclusion, transitioning to the 1-RBC represents a straightforward action in current practice that significantly reduces blood transfusions in patients undergoing ASCT, without negatively impacting clinical outcomes.
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- Javier Marco-Ayala
- Hematology Department, University Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, València, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, València, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University "San Vicente Mártir," Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Dear T, Chiu J, Meirovich H, Malkin A, Amjad R, D'Souza D, Callum J, Leung E, Kelly K, Lazo-Langner A, Solh Z. Are outcomes of locally advanced cervical cancer associated with prebrachytherapy hemoglobin values and transfusion practice? An observational study comparing two large academic centres with divergent clinical guidelines. Brachytherapy 2024:S1538-4721(24)00119-3. [PMID: 39198044 DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2024.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Anemia is common in locally advanced cervical cancer. Clinical practice varies greatly for management of anemia during brachytherapy, with some centres providing red cell transfusion to increase hemoglobin levels above 100 g/L. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective observational cohort study of adult patients with cervical cancer treated with brachytherapy at two academic hospitals. One hospital (H1) uses a liberal transfusion strategy with hemoglobin threshold of 100 g/L during brachytherapy and the other uses a restrictive target of 70 g/L (H2). RESULTS Overall, 336 patients met inclusion criteria (H1: 150 patients, H2: 186 patients). 11 patients were excluded (2 at H1, 9 at H2). Demographics at both sites were comparable, except for cancer stage and smoking history. External beam radiation and chemotherapy provided was similar. Hemoglobin values were compared at baseline (within 4 weeks of oncology consult), and prior to the first and second brachytherapy treatments. In total, 101red blood cell (RBC) units were transfused to patients at H1 and 19 units to patients at H2. Patients were followed for a median of 37.0 months (0.6-80.5) at H1, and 33.3 months (1.6-82.0) at H2. There was no significant difference in progression-free or overall survival. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that FIGO stage was a predictor for both overall survival and cancer progression. Age, tumor size, chemotherapy, and hemoglobin levels were not predictors of disease progression or mortality. CONCLUSIONS The practice of liberal transfusion should be re-evaluated in the absence of robust data to support its use.
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- Taylor Dear
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- QUEST Research Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Transfusion Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Yadav SK, Hussein G, Liu B, Vojjala N, Warsame M, El Labban M, Rauf I, Hassan M, Zareen T, Usama SM, Zhang Y, Jain SM, Surani SR, Devulapally P, Bartlett B, Khan SA, Jain NK. A Contemporary Review of Blood Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2024; 60:1247. [PMID: 39202529 PMCID: PMC11356114 DOI: 10.3390/medicina60081247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Revised: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 09/03/2024]
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Blood transfusion is a common therapeutic intervention in hospitalized patients. There are numerous indications for transfusion, including anemia and coagulopathy with deficiency of single or multiple coagulation components such as platelets or coagulation factors. Nevertheless, the practice of transfusion in critically ill patients has been controversial mainly due to a lack of evidence and the need to consider the appropriate clinical context for transfusion. Further, transfusion carries many risk factors that must be balanced with benefits. Therefore, transfusion practice in ICU patients has constantly evolved, and we endeavor to present a contemporary review of transfusion practices in this population guided by clinical trials and expert guidelines.
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- Sumeet K. Yadav
- Department of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA; (S.K.Y.); (G.H.); (B.L.); (M.W.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA; (S.K.Y.); (G.H.); (B.L.); (M.W.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA; (S.K.Y.); (G.H.); (B.L.); (M.W.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI 48341, USA;
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- Department of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA; (S.K.Y.); (G.H.); (B.L.); (M.W.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA;
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- St. George’s University School of Medicine, St. George SW17 0RE, Grenada; (I.R.); (T.Z.)
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- Department of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA; (S.K.Y.); (G.H.); (B.L.); (M.W.); (M.H.)
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- St. George’s University School of Medicine, St. George SW17 0RE, Grenada; (I.R.); (T.Z.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19152, USA;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Bengaluru 562 114, India;
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- Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 79016, USA
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- South Texas Renal Care Group, Department of Nephrology, Christus Santa Rosa, Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic health System, 1025 Marsh Street, MN 56001, USA;
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA;
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN 56001, USA;
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Radford M, Estcourt LJ, Sirotich E, Pitre T, Britto J, Watson M, Brunskill SJ, Fergusson DA, Dorée C, Arnold DM. Restrictive versus liberal red blood cell transfusion strategies for people with haematological malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without haematopoietic stem cell support. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2024; 5:CD011305. [PMID: 38780066 PMCID: PMC11112982 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011305.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND An estimated one-quarter to one-half of people diagnosed with haematological malignancies experience anaemia. There are different strategies for red blood cell (RBC) transfusions to treat anaemia. A restrictive transfusion strategy permits a lower haemoglobin (Hb) level whereas a liberal transfusion strategy aims to maintain a higher Hb. The most effective and safest strategy is unknown. OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy and safety of restrictive versus liberal RBC transfusion strategies for people diagnosed with haematological malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without a haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). SEARCH METHODS We searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non-randomised studies (NRS) in MEDLINE (from 1946), Embase (from 1974), CINAHL (from 1982), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library 2023, Issue 2), and eight other databases (including three trial registries) to 21 March 2023. We also searched grey literature and contacted experts in transfusion for additional trials. There were no language, date or publication status restrictions. SELECTION CRITERIA We included RCTs and prospective NRS that evaluated restrictive versus liberal RBC transfusion strategies in children or adults with malignant haematological disorders receiving intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without HSCT. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently screened references, full-text reports of potentially relevant studies, extracted data from the studies, and assessed the risk of bias. Any disagreement was discussed and resolved with a third review author. Dichotomous outcomes were presented as a risk ratio (RR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Narrative syntheses were used for heterogeneous outcome measures. Review Manager Web was used to meta-analyse the data. Main outcomes of interest included: all-cause mortality at 31 to 100 days, quality of life, number of participants with any bleeding, number of participants with clinically significant bleeding, serious infections, length of hospital admission (days) and hospital readmission at 0 to 3 months. The certainty of the evidence was assessed using GRADE. MAIN RESULTS Nine studies met eligibility; eight RCTs and one NRS. Six hundred and forty-four participants were included from six completed RCTs (n = 560) and one completed NRS (n = 84), with two ongoing RCTs consisting of 294 participants (260 adult and 34 paediatric) pending inclusion. Only one completed RCT included children receiving HSCT (n = 6); the other five RCTs only included adults: 239 with acute leukaemia receiving chemotherapy and 315 receiving HSCT (166 allogeneic and 149 autologous). The transfusion threshold ranged from 70 g/L to 80 g/L for restrictive and from 80 g/L to 120 g/L for liberal strategies. Effects were reported in the summary of findings tables only for the trials that included adults to reduce indirectness due to the limited evidence contributed by the prematurely terminated paediatric trial. Evidence from RCTs Overall, there may be little to no difference in the number of participants who die within 31 to 100 days using a restrictive compared to a liberal transfusion strategy, but the evidence is very uncertain (three studies; 451 participants; RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.27 to 3.70, P=0.99; very low-certainty evidence). There may be little to no difference in quality of life at 0 to 3 months using a restrictive compared to a liberal transfusion strategy, but the evidence is very uncertain (three studies; 431 participants; analysis unable to be completed due to heterogeneity; very low-certainty evidence). There may be little to no difference in the number of participants who suffer from any bleeding at 0 to 3 months using a restrictive compared to a liberal transfusion strategy (three studies; 448 participants; RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.06, P = 0.22; low-certainty evidence). There may be little to no difference in the number of participants who suffer from clinically significant bleeding at 0 to 3 months using a restrictive compared to a liberal transfusion strategy (four studies; 511 participants; RR: 0.94, 95% CI 0.74 to 1.19, P = 0.60; low-certainty evidence). There may be little to no difference in the number of participants who experience serious infections at 0 to 3 months using a restrictive compared to a liberal transfusion strategy (three studies, 451 participants; RR: 1.20, 95% CI 0.93 to 1.55, P = 0.17; low-certainty evidence). A restrictive transfusion strategy likely results in little to no difference in the length of hospital admission at 0 to 3 months compared to a liberal strategy (two studies; 388 participants; analysis unable to be completed due to heterogeneity in reporting; moderate-certainty evidence). There may be little to no difference between hospital readmission using a restrictive transfusion strategy compared to a liberal transfusion strategy (one study, 299 participants; RR: 0.89, 95% CI 0.52 to 1.50; P = 0.65; low-certainty evidence). Evidence from NRS The evidence is very uncertain whether a restrictive RBC transfusion strategy: reduces the risk of death within 100 days (one study, 84 participants, restrictive 1 death; liberal 1 death; very low-certainty evidence); or decreases the risk of clinically significant bleeding (one study, 84 participants, restrictive 3; liberal 8; very low-certainty evidence). No NRS reported on the other eligible outcomes. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Findings from this review were based on seven studies and 644 participants. Definite conclusions are challenging given the relatively few included studies, low number of included participants, heterogeneity of intervention and outcome reporting, and overall certainty of evidence. To increase the certainty of the true effect of a restrictive RBC transfusion strategy on clinical outcomes, there is a need for rigorously designed and executed studies. The evidence is largely based on two populations: adults with acute leukaemia receiving intensive chemotherapy and adults with haematologic malignancy requiring HSCT. Despite the addition of 405 participants from three RCTs to the previous review's results, there is still insufficient evidence to answer this review's primary outcome. If we assume a mortality rate of 3% within 100 days, we would need a total of 1492 participants to have an 80% chance of detecting, at a 5% level of significance, an increase in all-cause mortality from 3% to 6%. Further RCTs are needed overall, particularly in children.
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- Michael Radford
- McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Department of Oncology, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Canada
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- Haematology/Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Oncology, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Canada
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- Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Hematology and Thromboembolism, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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Pagano MB, Stanworth SJ, Valentine S, Metcalf R, Wood EM, Pavenski K, Cholette J, So-Osman C, Carson JL. The 2023 AABB international guidelines for red blood cell transfusions: What is new? Transfusion 2024; 64:727-732. [PMID: 38380850 DOI: 10.1111/trf.17764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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- Monica B Pagano
- Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- AABB Clinical Transfusion Practice Committee, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust; NHSBT, Oxford, UK
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Department of Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- AABB Clinical Transfusion Practice Committee, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Haematology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- International Society of Blood Transfusion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto and St Michael's Hospital-Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Unit Transfusion Medicine (UTG), Sanquin Blood Bank, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- European Haematology Association, Transfusion-Specialized Working Group
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Adkins BD, Jacobs JW, Booth GS, Savani BN, Stephens LD. Transfusion Support in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Contemporary Narrative Review. Clin Hematol Int 2024; 6:128-140. [PMID: 38817704 PMCID: PMC11086996 DOI: 10.46989/001c.94135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a cornerstone of modern medical practice, and can only be performed safely and effectively with appropriate transfusion medicine support. Patients undergoing HSCT often develop therapy-related cytopenia, necessitating differing blood product requirements in the pre-, peri-, and post-transplant periods. Moreover, ensuring optimal management for patients alloimmunized to human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and/or red blood cell (RBC) antigens, as well as for patients receiving ABO-incompatible transplants, requires close collaboration with transfusion medicine and blood bank professionals. Finally, as updated transfusion guidelines and novel blood product modifications emerge, the options available to the transplant practitioner continue to expand. Herein, we detail contemporary blood transfusion and transfusion medicine practices for patients undergoing HSCT.
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- Brian D. Adkins
- PathologyThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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- Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologyVanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/ OncologyVanderbilt University Medical Center
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Fan ZK, Zhang ZR, Yi RQ, Feng W, Li CE, Chen W, Shen YY. Hemoglobin levels and clinical outcomes after extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart surgery: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2023; 23:598. [PMID: 38062386 PMCID: PMC10704751 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-023-03647-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart surgery is a common procedure used to treat heart diseases. However, the optimal transfusion strategy for patients undergoing this surgery remains a subject of debate. This study aims to investigate the association between hemoglobin levels and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart surgery, with the ultimate goal of improving surgical success rates and enhancing patients' quality of life. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted on data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV 2.2 (MIMIC-IV 2.2) database, including 4144 patients. The patients were categorized into five groups based on their minimum hemoglobin levels during hospitalization. Baseline characteristics, clinical scores, laboratory results, and clinical outcome data were collected. Statistical analyses utilized descriptive statistics, ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis tests, Kaplan-Meier method, and Log-rank test. RESULTS The results revealed a significant correlation between hemoglobin levels and in-hospital mortality, as well as mortality rates at 30 days, 60 days, and 180 days (p < 0.001). Patients with lower hemoglobin levels exhibited higher mortality rates. However, once hemoglobin levels exceeded 7g/dL, no significant difference in mortality rates was observed (p = 0.557). Additionally, lower hemoglobin levels were associated with prolonged hospital stay, ICU admission time, and mechanical ventilation time (p < 0.001). Furthermore, hemoglobin levels were significantly correlated with complication risk, norepinephrine dosage, and red blood cell transfusion volume (p < 0.001). However, there was no significant difference among the groups in terms of major complications, specifically sepsis (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION The study highlights the importance of managing hemoglobin levels in patients undergoing heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation. Hemoglobin levels can serve as valuable indicators for predicting clinical outcomes and guiding treatment decisions. Physicians should carefully consider hemoglobin levels to optimize transfusion strategies and improve postoperative patient outcomes. Further research and intervention studies are warranted to validate and implement these findings in clinical practice.
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- Zhao-Kun Fan
- Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Medical Record, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, China.
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Carson JL, Stanworth SJ, Guyatt G, Valentine S, Dennis J, Bakhtary S, Cohn CS, Dubon A, Grossman BJ, Gupta GK, Hess AS, Jacobson JL, Kaplan LJ, Lin Y, Metcalf RA, Murphy CH, Pavenski K, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Salazar E, Saifee NH, Tobian AAR, So-Osman C, Waters J, Wood EM, Zantek ND, Pagano MB. Red Blood Cell Transfusion: 2023 AABB International Guidelines. JAMA 2023; 330:1892-1902. [PMID: 37824153 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.12914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Importance Red blood cell transfusion is a common medical intervention with benefits and harms. Objective To provide recommendations for use of red blood cell transfusion in adults and children. Evidence Review Standards for trustworthy guidelines were followed, including using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation methods, managing conflicts of interest, and making values and preferences explicit. Evidence from systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials was reviewed. Findings For adults, 45 randomized controlled trials with 20 599 participants compared restrictive hemoglobin-based transfusion thresholds, typically 7 to 8 g/dL, with liberal transfusion thresholds of 9 to 10 g/dL. For pediatric patients, 7 randomized controlled trials with 2730 participants compared a variety of restrictive and liberal transfusion thresholds. For most patient populations, results provided moderate quality evidence that restrictive transfusion thresholds did not adversely affect patient-important outcomes. Recommendation 1: for hospitalized adult patients who are hemodynamically stable, the international panel recommends a restrictive transfusion strategy considering transfusion when the hemoglobin concentration is less than 7 g/dL (strong recommendation, moderate certainty evidence). In accordance with the restrictive strategy threshold used in most trials, clinicians may choose a threshold of 7.5 g/dL for patients undergoing cardiac surgery and 8 g/dL for those undergoing orthopedic surgery or those with preexisting cardiovascular disease. Recommendation 2: for hospitalized adult patients with hematologic and oncologic disorders, the panel suggests a restrictive transfusion strategy considering transfusion when the hemoglobin concentration is less than 7 g/dL (conditional recommendations, low certainty evidence). Recommendation 3: for critically ill children and those at risk of critical illness who are hemodynamically stable and without a hemoglobinopathy, cyanotic cardiac condition, or severe hypoxemia, the international panel recommends a restrictive transfusion strategy considering transfusion when the hemoglobin concentration is less than 7 g/dL (strong recommendation, moderate certainty evidence). Recommendation 4: for hemodynamically stable children with congenital heart disease, the international panel suggests a transfusion threshold that is based on the cardiac abnormality and stage of surgical repair: 7 g/dL (biventricular repair), 9 g/dL (single-ventricle palliation), or 7 to 9 g/dL (uncorrected congenital heart disease) (conditional recommendation, low certainty evidence). Conclusions and Relevance It is good practice to consider overall clinical context and alternative therapies to transfusion when making transfusion decisions about an individual patient.
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- Jeffrey L Carson
- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NHSBT, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester
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- Cochrane Injuries Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, New York, New York
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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- Pathology Associates of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto and St Michael's Hospital-Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Unit Transfusion Medicine (UTG), Sanquin Blood Bank, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Haematology, Monash Health, Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
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Pagano MB, Dennis JA, Idemudia OM, Stanworth SJ, Carson JL. An analysis of quality of life and functional outcomes as reported in randomized trials for red cell transfusions. Transfusion 2023; 63:2032-2039. [PMID: 37723866 DOI: 10.1111/trf.17540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating thresholds for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion typically focus on mortality; however, other outcomes are highly relevant. The aim of this study is to summarize the effects of different transfusion thresholds on the outcomes of quality of life (QoL) and function. STUDY DESIGN We extracted data from RCTs identified in a recently published Cochrane systematic review. Primary analysis was descriptive. RESULTS A total of 23 RCTs with 13,743 adult participants were included. Fifteen RCTs included patients in the postoperative period, of which 9 RCTs were conducted in hip (n = 3024) and 6 (n = 8672) in cardiac surgeries; 5 RCTs (n = 489) were in patients with hematological malignancies; 2 in the setting of bleeding (gastrointestinal bleed [n = 936] and postpartum [n = 521]); and one RCT (n = 936) included critically ill patients. QoL and function were reported using a variety of questionnaires and tools. The timing of assessments varied between trials. No clear clinical differences in QoL outcomes were identified in comparisons between restrictive and liberal transfusion thresholds. DISCUSSION There is no evidence that a liberal transfusion strategy improves QoL and functional outcomes. However, the substantial limitations of many included studies indicate the need for further well-designed and adequately powered trials.
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- Monica B Pagano
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Cochrane Injuries Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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Mladinov D, Isaza E, Gosling AF, Clark AL, Kukreja J, Brzezinski M. Perioperative Fluid Management. Anesthesiol Clin 2023; 41:613-629. [PMID: 37516498 DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2023.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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The medical complexity of the geriatric patients has been steadily rising. Still, as outcomes of surgical procedures in the elderly are improving, centers are pushing boundaries. There is also a growing appreciation of the importance of perioperative fluid management on postoperative outcomes, especially in the elderly. Optimal fluid management in this cohort is challenging due to the combination of age-related physiological changes in organ function, increased comorbid burden, and larger fluid shifts during more complex surgical procedures. The current state-of-the-art approach to fluid management in the perioperative period is outlined.
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- Domagoj Mladinov
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, CWN-L1, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 405 W San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, JT 845D, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 405 W San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 405 W San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, VA Medical Center-San Francisco, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco CA 94121, USA.
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Solves P, Marco-Ayala J, Sanz MÁ, Gómez-Seguí I, Balaguer-Roselló A, Facal A, Villalba M, Montoro J, Sanz G, de la Rubia J, Sanz J. Transfusion Burden in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation over Time: Experience from a Single Institution. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12103467. [PMID: 37240573 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12103467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Transfusion plays a main role in supportive treatment for patients who receive an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In this study, we compare the transfusion requirements of patients undergoing different modalities of HSCT according to different time periods. The objective is to assess the evolution of HSCT transfusion requirements over time, from a single institution. METHODS The clinical charts and transfusion records of patients who underwent HSCT of different modalities at La Fe University Hospital during a twelve-year period were reviewed (2009-2020). For analysis, we divided the overall time into three periods: 1 from 2009 to 2012, 2 from 2013 to 2016 and 3 from 2017 to 2020. The study included 855 consecutive adult HSCT: 358 HLA-matched related donors (MRD), 134 HLA-matched unrelated donors (MUD), 223 umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) and 140 haploidentical transplants (Haplo-HSCT). RESULTS There were no significant differences in RBC and PLT requirements or transfusion independence among the three time periods for MUD and Haplo-HSCT. However, the transfusion burden increased significantly for MRD HSCT during the 2017-2020 period. CONCLUSION despite HSCT modalities having evolved and changed over time, overall transfusion requirements have not significantly decreased and continue to be a cornerstone of transplantation-supportive care.
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- Pilar Solves
- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Haematology Department, University Hospital "Morales Meseguer", 30007 Murcia, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Catholic University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Haematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red Cancer, Instituto Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Kiyatkin ME, Mladinov D, Jarzebowski ML, Warner MA. Patient Blood Management, Anemia, and Transfusion Optimization Across Surgical Specialties. Anesthesiol Clin 2023; 41:161-174. [PMID: 36871997 PMCID: PMC10066799 DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2022.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Patient blood management (PBM) is a systematic, evidence-based approach to improve patient outcomes by managing and preserving a patient's own blood and minimizing allogenic transfusion need and risk. According to the PBM approach, the goals of perioperative anemia management include early diagnosis, targeted treatment, blood conservation, restrictive transfusion except in cases of acute and massive hemorrhage, and ongoing quality assurance and research efforts to advance overall blood health.
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- Michael E Kiyatkin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, 1540 East Hospital Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 200 1st Street, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Pervaiz O, Dhanapal J, Pillai L, Pavord S, Leary H, Eyre T, Peniket A, Staves J, Polzella P, Desborough MJR. Real world reduction in red cell transfusion with restrictive transfusion threshold in haematology inpatients. Transfus Med 2023. [PMID: 36680494 DOI: 10.1111/tme.12952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the reduction in red cell transfusions following a change in the red cell transfusion threshold for haematology inpatients from 80 to 70 g/L. BACKGROUND Haematology patients are among the high users of red blood cells. We reduced the threshold for transfusion of haematology inpatients to 70 g/L. This was based on evidence provided by randomised controlled trial published in 2020 that showed restrictive transfusion is non-inferior to liberal transfusion. METHOD We assessed red cell transfusions for haematology inpatients at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 9 months before and 9 months after a change in red cell transfusion threshold from 80 to 70 g/L. RESULTS After the change in threshold to 70 g/L or less from 80 g/L, the median number of red cell transfusions per month reduced to 88 from 111. This was a 23% reduction in the total number of red cells administered per month. CONCLUSION These results show the real-world reductions in transfusion that can be made by putting local transfusion guidelines in line with the international recommendations. This is of particular importance at a time of national blood shortage.
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- Omer Pervaiz
- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.,Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Transfusion laboratory, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.,Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Binder AF, Loos K, Xu A, Peedin AR, Gergis U, Karp JK, Wilde L. Optimizing Utilization of Blood Products in the Hematologic Malignancy Clinic: Less Is More. JCO Oncol Pract 2022; 18:e1016-e1022. [PMID: 35192410 DOI: 10.1200/op.21.00575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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PURPOSE There are no universal guidelines for blood product transfusions in patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs). Excess utilization of platelet and RBC transfusion in patients with HM increases the cost of care and likelihood of adverse events. We aim to decrease the total number of transfused units and multiunit orders of platelets and RBCs in the HM clinic by 25% from March 2020 to December 2020. METHODS A multidisciplinary, interprofessional team was formed. Baseline rates of blood product utilization were determined using Qlik Analytic software. Strategies to improve utilization were developed, and three interventions were initiated. Data were collected on monthly intervals. Data for total number of platelet and RBC units ordered, total multiunit orders, average number of units ordered per encounter, and pretransfusion hemoglobin thresholds were collected from May 2019 to December 2020. RESULTS Through our Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles from March 2020 to December 2020, the total number of platelet transfusion orders per month decreased from 164 to 98, multiunit platelet orders decreased from 63 to 2, and the average number of platelet transfusions per encounter decreased from 1.62 to 1.03. The total number of RBC transfusion orders decreased from 172 to 141, multiunit RBC orders decreased from 25 to 16, and the average number of RBC transfusions per encounter decreased from 1.21 to 1.18. CONCLUSION Implementation of our multidisciplinary interventions led to more appropriate use of blood products in the outpatient setting. Ongoing efforts are underway to continue to improve utilization in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
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- Adam F Binder
- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Abstract
In 2016, the European Hematology Association (EHA) published the EHA Roadmap for European Hematology Research1 aiming to highlight achievements in the diagnostics and treatment of blood disorders, and to better inform European policy makers and other stakeholders about the urgent clinical and scientific needs and priorities in the field of hematology. Each section was coordinated by 1–2 section editors who were leading international experts in the field. In the 5 years that have followed, advances in the field of hematology have been plentiful. As such, EHA is pleased to present an updated Research Roadmap, now including eleven sections, each of which will be published separately. The updated EHA Research Roadmap identifies the most urgent priorities in hematology research and clinical science, therefore supporting a more informed, focused, and ideally a more funded future for European hematology research. The 11 EHA Research Roadmap sections include Normal Hematopoiesis; Malignant Lymphoid Diseases; Malignant Myeloid Diseases; Anemias and Related Diseases; Platelet Disorders; Blood Coagulation and Hemostatic Disorders; Transfusion Medicine; Infections in Hematology; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; CAR-T and Other Cell-based Immune Therapies; and Gene Therapy.
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Carson JL, Stanworth SJ, Dennis JA, Trivella M, Roubinian N, Fergusson DA, Triulzi D, Dorée C, Hébert PC. Transfusion thresholds for guiding red blood cell transfusion. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021; 12:CD002042. [PMID: 34932836 PMCID: PMC8691808 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd002042.pub5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND The optimal haemoglobin threshold for use of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in anaemic patients remains an active field of research. Blood is a scarce resource, and in some countries, transfusions are less safe than in others because of inadequate testing for viral pathogens. If a liberal transfusion policy does not improve clinical outcomes, or if it is equivalent, then adopting a more restrictive approach could be recognised as the standard of care. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review update was to compare 30-day mortality and other clinical outcomes for participants randomised to restrictive versus liberal red blood cell (RBC) transfusion thresholds (triggers) for all clinical conditions. The restrictive transfusion threshold uses a lower haemoglobin concentration as a threshold for transfusion (most commonly, 7.0 g/dL to 8.0 g/dL), and the liberal transfusion threshold uses a higher haemoglobin concentration as a threshold for transfusion (most commonly, 9.0 g/dL to 10.0 g/dL). SEARCH METHODS We identified trials through updated searches: CENTRAL (2020, Issue 11), MEDLINE (1946 to November 2020), Embase (1974 to November 2020), Transfusion Evidence Library (1950 to November 2020), Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990 to November 2020), and trial registries (November 2020). We checked the reference lists of other published reviews and relevant papers to identify additional trials. We were aware of one trial identified in earlier searching that was in the process of being published (in February 2021), and we were able to include it before this review was finalised. SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomised trials of surgical or medical participants that recruited adults or children, or both. We excluded studies that focused on neonates. Eligible trials assigned intervention groups on the basis of different transfusion schedules or thresholds or 'triggers'. These thresholds would be defined by a haemoglobin (Hb) or haematocrit (Hct) concentration below which an RBC transfusion would be administered; the haemoglobin concentration remains the most commonly applied marker of the need for RBC transfusion in clinical practice. We included trials in which investigators had allocated participants to higher thresholds or more liberal transfusion strategies compared to more restrictive ones, which might include no transfusion. As in previous versions of this review, we did not exclude unregistered trials published after 2010 (as per the policy of the Cochrane Injuries Group, 2015), however, we did conduct analyses to consider the differential impact of results of trials for which prospective registration could not be confirmed. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: We identified trials for inclusion and extracted data using Cochrane methods. We pooled risk ratios of clinical outcomes across trials using a random-effects model. Two review authors independently extracted data and assessed risk of bias. We conducted predefined analyses by clinical subgroups. We defined participants randomly allocated to the lower transfusion threshold as being in the 'restrictive transfusion' group and those randomly allocated to the higher transfusion threshold as being in the 'liberal transfusion' group. MAIN RESULTS A total of 48 trials, involving data from 21,433 participants (at baseline), across a range of clinical contexts (e.g. orthopaedic, cardiac, or vascular surgery; critical care; acute blood loss (including gastrointestinal bleeding); acute coronary syndrome; cancer; leukaemia; haematological malignancies), met the eligibility criteria. The haemoglobin concentration used to define the restrictive transfusion group in most trials (36) was between 7.0 g/dL and 8.0 g/dL. Most trials included only adults; three trials focused on children. The included studies were generally at low risk of bias for key domains including allocation concealment and incomplete outcome data. Restrictive transfusion strategies reduced the risk of receiving at least one RBC transfusion by 41% across a broad range of clinical contexts (risk ratio (RR) 0.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.53 to 0.66; 42 studies, 20,057 participants; high-quality evidence), with a large amount of heterogeneity between trials (I² = 96%). Overall, restrictive transfusion strategies did not increase or decrease the risk of 30-day mortality compared with liberal transfusion strategies (RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.15; 31 studies, 16,729 participants; I² = 30%; moderate-quality evidence) or any of the other outcomes assessed (i.e. cardiac events (low-quality evidence), myocardial infarction, stroke, thromboembolism (all high-quality evidence)). High-quality evidence shows that the liberal transfusion threshold did not affect the risk of infection (pneumonia, wound infection, or bacteraemia). Transfusion-specific reactions are uncommon and were inconsistently reported within trials. We noted less certainty in the strength of evidence to support the safety of restrictive transfusion thresholds for the following predefined clinical subgroups: myocardial infarction, vascular surgery, haematological malignancies, and chronic bone-marrow disorders. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Transfusion at a restrictive haemoglobin concentration decreased the proportion of people exposed to RBC transfusion by 41% across a broad range of clinical contexts. Across all trials, no evidence suggests that a restrictive transfusion strategy impacted 30-day mortality, mortality at other time points, or morbidity (i.e. cardiac events, myocardial infarction, stroke, pneumonia, thromboembolism, infection) compared with a liberal transfusion strategy. Despite including 17 more randomised trials (and 8846 participants), data remain insufficient to inform the safety of transfusion policies in important and selected clinical contexts, such as myocardial infarction, chronic cardiovascular disease, neurological injury or traumatic brain injury, stroke, thrombocytopenia, and cancer or haematological malignancies, including chronic bone marrow failure. Further work is needed to improve our understanding of outcomes other than mortality. Most trials compared only two separate thresholds for haemoglobin concentration, which may not identify the actual optimal threshold for transfusion in a particular patient. Haemoglobin concentration may not be the most informative marker of the need for transfusion in individual patients with different degrees of physiological adaptation to anaemia. Notwithstanding these issues, overall findings provide good evidence that transfusions with allogeneic RBCs can be avoided in most patients with haemoglobin thresholds between the range of 7.0 g/dL and 8.0 g/dL. Some patient subgroups might benefit from RBCs to maintain higher haemoglobin concentrations; research efforts should focus on these clinical contexts.
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- Jeffrey L Carson
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
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- Cochrane Injuries Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Kaiser Permanente Division of Research Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- The Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Research, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Allen ES, Cohn CS, Bakhtary S, Dunbar NM, Gniadek T, Hopkins CK, Jacobson J, Lokhandwala PM, Metcalf RA, Murphy C, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Shan H, Storch EK, Pagano MB. Current advances in transfusion medicine 2020: A critical review of selected topics by the AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee. Transfusion 2021; 61:2756-2767. [PMID: 34423446 DOI: 10.1111/trf.16625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee (CTMC) compiles an annual synopsis of the published literature covering important developments in the field of transfusion medicine (TM), which has been made available as a manuscript published in Transfusion since 2018. METHODS CTMC committee members reviewed original manuscripts including TM-related topics published electronically (ahead) or in print from December 2019 to December 2020. The selection of topics and manuscripts was discussed at committee meetings and chosen based on relevance and originality. Next, committee members worked in pairs to create a synopsis of each topic, which was then reviewed by two additional committee members. The first and senior authors of this manuscript assembled the final manuscript. Although this synopsis is extensive, it is not exhaustive, and some papers may have been excluded or missed. RESULTS The following topics are included: COVID-19 effects on the blood supply and regulatory landscape, COVID convalescent plasma, adult transfusion practices, whole blood, molecular immunohematology, pediatric TM, cellular therapy, and apheresis medicine. CONCLUSIONS This synopsis provides easy access to relevant topics and may be useful as an educational tool.
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- Elizabeth S Allen
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Pathology, NorthShore University Health System, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- American Red Cross, Biomedical Services, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Clinical Pathology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Office of Blood Research and Review, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Transfusion Medicine Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Bosch M, de Lil HS, Oomen JJ, Eijsink C, Blijlevens NMA, Hoeks MPA, Evers D. Safety and efficacy of a Hb-triggered single-unit red cell transfusion policy for haemato-oncological inpatients. Br J Haematol 2021; 195:e154-e156. [PMID: 34355394 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Milou Bosch
- Department of Haematology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Abel GA, Klepin HD, Magnavita ES, Jaung T, Lu W, Shallis RM, Hantel A, Bahl NE, Dellinger-Johnson R, Winer ES, Zeidan AM. Peri-transfusion quality-of-life assessment for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Transfusion 2021; 61:2830-2836. [PMID: 34251040 DOI: 10.1111/trf.16584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) receive red cell transfusions to relieve symptoms associated with anemia, with transfusions triggered by hemoglobin level. It is not known if patients' quality of life (QOL) improves after transfusion, nor if peri-transfusion QOL assessment (PTQA) can guide future transfusion decisions. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a prospective pilot study of adults with MDS at three centers. Participants, who had to have hemoglobin ≥7.5, completed an MDS-specific measure of QOL (the Quality of Life in Myelodysplasia Scale, [QUALMS]) 1 day before and 7 days after red cell transfusion. A report was sent to each patient and provider before the next transfusion opportunity, indicating whether there were clinically significant changes in QOL. We assessed the proportion of patients experiencing changes in QOL, and with a follow-up questionnaire, whether they perceived their PTQA data were used for future transfusion decisions. RESULTS From 2018 to 2020, 62 patients enrolled (mean age 73 years) and 37 completed both pre- and post-transfusion QOL assessments. Of these, 35% experienced a clinically significant increase in QUALMS score 7 days after transfusion; 46% no change; and 19% a decrease. Among those completing the follow-up questionnaire, 23% reported that PTQA results were discussed by their provider when considering repeat transfusion. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest PTQA is feasible for patients with MDS. Moreover, while helpful for some, for many others, red cell transfusion may not achieve its intended goal of improving QOL. PTQA offers a strategy to inform shared decision-making regarding red cell transfusion.
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- Gregory A Abel
- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Hematology and Oncology, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Hematology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Hematology and Oncology, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Hematology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Platelet and Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Risk of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease after Myeloablative Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:866.e1-866.e9. [PMID: 34252580 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Transfusion therapy is a critical part of supportive care early after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Platelet and RBC transfusions elicit immunomodulatory effects in the recipient, but if this impacts the risk of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) has only been scarcely investigated. We investigated if platelet and RBC transfusions were associated with the development of aGVHD following myeloablative allo-HCT in a cohort of 664 patients who underwent transplantation between 2000 and 2019. Data were further analyzed for the impact of blood donor age and sex and blood product storage time. Exploratory analyses were conducted to assess correlations between transfusion burden and plasma biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial activation and damage. Between day 0 and day +13, each patient received a median of 7 (IQR, 5 to 10) platelet transfusions and 3 (IQR, 2 to 6) RBC transfusions (Spearman's ρ = 0.49). The cumulative sums of platelet and RBC transfusions, respectively, received from day 0 to day +13 were associated with subsequent grade II-IV aGVHD in multivariable landmark Cox models (platelets: adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.27; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06 to 1.51; RBCs: adjusted HR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.09 to 1.82; both per 5 units; 184 events). For both platelet and RBC transfusions, we did not find support for a difference in the risk of aGVHD according to age or sex of the blood donor. Transfusion of RBCs with a storage time longer than the median of 8 days was inversely associated with aGVHD (HR per 5 units, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.30 to 0.96); however, when using an RBC storage time of ≥14 days as a cutoff, there was no longer evidence for an association with aGVHD (HR, 1.03 per 5 units; 95% CI, 0.53 to 2.00). For platelets, there was no clear association between storage time and the risk of aGVHD. The transfusion burdens of platelets and RBCs were positively correlated with plasma levels of TNF-α, IL-6, and soluble thrombomodulin at day +14. In conclusion, platelet and RBC transfusions in the first 2 weeks after myeloablative allo-HCT were associated with subsequent development of grade II-IV aGVHD. We did not find evidence of an impact of blood donor age or sex or blood product storage time on the risk of aGVHD. Our findings support restrictive transfusion strategies in allo-HCT recipients.
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Thakar S, Gabarin N, Gupta A, Radford M, Warkentin TE, Arnold DM. Anemia-Induced Bleeding in Patients with Platelet Disorders. Transfus Med Rev 2021; 35:22-28. [PMID: 34332828 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2021.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Anemia is not only a consequence of bleeding, but also a modifiable risk factor for bleeding in patients with thrombocytopenia or platelet function defects. In this review we outline the mechanism of anemia-induced bleeding in patients with platelet disorders, which involves a disturbance in normal red blood cell (RBC) rheology and reduced platelet margination to the endothelial surface due to a decrease in RBC mass, leading to impaired primary hemostasis and bleeding. Biologically, anemia reduces the mass of RBCs in the central column of flowing blood through a vessel resulting in fewer platelets coming into contact with the endothelial surface at the periphery of the flowing blood column. Thus, anemia results in impaired primary hemostasis. Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is another component of primary hemostasis and vWF deficiency, especially a deficiency of the highest vWF multimers, can also manifest with bleeding when concomitant anemia occurs. Clinically, patients at greatest risk for anemia-induced bleeding include patients with hematological malignancies in whom anemia and thrombocytopenia occur as a result of the underlying disease or the myelotoxic effects of treatment; patients with renal insufficiency with uremic thrombocytopathy and hypoproliferative anemia; and patients with inherited or acquired bleeding disorders affecting primary hemostasis (eg, Bernard-Soulier syndrome, von Willebrand disease) with chronic blood loss and iron deficiency anemia. Underlying abnormalities of any components of primary hemostasis plus concomitant anemia may result in major bleeding disorders; therefore, correction of remediable abnormalities-most notably, correction of the anemia- would be expected to have important clinical benefit. In this review we discuss how the correction of the anemia may lead to improvement of bleeding outcomes in patients with a primary hemostatic defect, supported by evidence from animal models, clinical trials and clinical experience.
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- Swarni Thakar
- McMaster Center for Transfusion Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster Center for Transfusion Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster Center for Transfusion Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Mo A, Stanworth SJ, Shortt J, Wood EM, McQuilten ZK. Red cell transfusions: Is less always best?: How confident are we that restrictive transfusion strategies should be the standard of care default transfusion practice? Transfusion 2021; 61:2195-2203. [PMID: 34075594 DOI: 10.1111/trf.16429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Allison Mo
- Transfusion Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Haematology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.,Austin Pathology and Department of Haematology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), Oxford, UK.,Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.,Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Transfusion Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Haematology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Transfusion Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Haematology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
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Solves P, Lozano M, Zhiburt E, Anguita Velasco J, Maria Pérez-Corral A, Monsalvo-Saornil S, Yamazaki S, Okazaki H, Selleng K, Aurich K, Krüger W, Buser A, Holbro A, Infanti L, Stehle G, Pierelli L, Matteocci A, Rigacci L, De Vooght KMK, Kuball JHE, Fielding KL, Westerman DA, Wood EM, Cohn CS, Johnson A, Koh MBC, Qadir D, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Daguindau E, Angelot-Delettre F, Tiberghien P, Wendel-Neto S, Fachini RM, Morton S, Craddock C, Lumley M, Antoniewicz-Papis J, Hałaburda K, Łętowska M, Dunbar N. International Forum on Transfusion Practices in Haematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation: Responses. Vox Sang 2021; 116:e25-e43. [PMID: 33866580 DOI: 10.1111/vox.13021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Pilar Solves
- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Greifswald, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Regional Blood Transfusion Service, Swiss Red Cross, Basel, Switzerland
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- Regional Blood Transfusion Service, Swiss Red Cross, Basel, Switzerland
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- Regional Blood Transfusion Service, Swiss Red Cross, Basel, Switzerland
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- Regional Blood Transfusion Service, Swiss Red Cross, Basel, Switzerland
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- Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.,San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Vic, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Vic, Australia
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- St George's University Hospital, London, UK
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton Coldfield, UK
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton Coldfield, UK
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Pathology, Lebanon, NH, USA
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Xiao H, Xiao Y, Chen P, Quan H, Luo J, Huang G. Association Among Blood Transfusion, Postoperative Infectious Complications, and Cancer-Specific Survival in Patients with Stage II/III Gastric Cancer After Radical Gastrectomy: Emphasizing Benefit from Adjuvant Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol 2021; 28:2394-2404. [PMID: 32929601 PMCID: PMC7940152 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-09102-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate the potential additive influence of perioperative blood transfusion (BTF) and postoperative infections on cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with stage II/III gastric cancer (GC) after radical gastrectomy. METHODS The medical records of 2114 consecutive stage II/III GC patients who underwent curative resection and planned to receive adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) were retrospectively reviewed. The independent predictive factors for infections were identified using univariate and multivariate analyses. Cox regression analysis was used to assess any associations between BTF, infection and CSS. RESULTS A total of 507 (24.0%) received perioperative BTF and 148 (7.0%) developed infections with BTF being identified as an independent predictor for infections. Both BTF and infections independently predicted poor CSS (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.193, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.007-1.414; HR 1.323, 95% CI 1.013-1.727) and an additive effect was confirmed as patients who had both BTF and infection had even worse CSS. Further stratified analyses showed that complete AC (≥ 6 cycles) could significantly improve CSS in patients who had BTF and/or infection, which was comparable to those without BTF and/or infection (P = 0.496). CONCLUSIONS Infection was the most common complication after gastrectomy and BTF was identified as an independent risk factor. BTF was associated with shorter CSS in stages II/III GC, independent of infections, and receiving BTF and developing infections had an additive effect that was associated with even worse CSS. However, complete AC could significantly improve CSS in these patients. Thus, strategies designed to ensure the completion of AC, such as neoadjuvant chemotherapy, should be further investigated.
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- Hua Xiao
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Intestinal Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Department of Gastroduodenal and Pancreatic Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Admissions and Employment, Changsha Health Vocational College, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Intestinal Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Intestinal Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Intestinal Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Department of Gastroduodenal and Pancreatic Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
- Department of Orthopedics, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Children require transfusion of blood components for a vast array of medical conditions, including acute hemorrhage, hematologic and nonhematologic malignancies, hemoglobinopathy, and allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplant. Evidence-based literature on pediatric transfusion practices is limited, particularly for non-red blood cell products, and many recommendations are extrapolated from studies in adult populations. Recognition of these knowledge gaps has led to increasing numbers of clinical trials focusing on children and establishment of pediatric transfusion working groups in recent years. This article reviews existing literature on pediatric transfusion therapy within the larger context of analogous data in adult populations.
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- Yunchuan Delores Mo
- Transfusion Medicine, Children's National Hospital, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Laboratory Administration, Suite 2100, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division, Transfusion Medicine, Children's National Hospital, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Laboratory Administration, Suite 2100, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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Wood EM, McQuilten ZK. Outpatient transfusions for myelodysplastic syndromes. HEMATOLOGY. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY. EDUCATION PROGRAM 2020; 2020:167-174. [PMID: 33275745 PMCID: PMC7727529 DOI: 10.1182/hematology.2020000103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) often need extended periods of red blood cell or platelet transfusion support, with the goal to manage symptoms of anemia and thrombocytopenia, respectively, and improve quality of life. Many questions about the optimal approach to transfusion management in MDS, especially in the outpatient setting, remain unanswered, including hemoglobin and platelet thresholds for transfusion. Restrictive transfusion approaches are often practised, but whether these are appropriate for outpatients with MDS, who are often older and may be frail, is not known. Current schedules for transfusion-dependent patients are burdensome, necessitating frequent visits to hospitals for sample collection and blood administration. Questions of optimal schedule and dosage are being explored in clinical trials, including the recently completed REDDS study. Patient-reported outcomes and functional assessments are increasingly being incorporated into research in this area so that we can better understand and improve transfusion support for patients with MDS.
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Algwaiz G, Aljurf M, Koh M, Horowitz MM, Ljungman P, Weisdorf D, Saber W, Kodera Y, Szer J, Jawdat D, Wood WA, Brazauskas R, Lehmann L, Pasquini MC, Seber A, Lu PH, Atsuta Y, Riches M, Perales MA, Worel N, Okamoto S, Srivastava A, Chemaly RF, Cordonnier C, Dandoy CE, Wingard JR, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Hamadani M, Majhail NS, Waghmare AA, Chao N, Kröger N, Shaw B, Mohty M, Niederwieser D, Greinix H, Hashmi SK. Real-World Issues and Potential Solutions in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Health Services and International Studies Committee. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2020; 26:2181-2189. [PMID: 32717432 PMCID: PMC7380217 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The current COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has impacted many facets of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in both developed and developing countries. Realizing the challenges as a result of this pandemic affecting the daily practice of the HCT centers and the recognition of the variability in practice worldwide, the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT) and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research's (CIBMTR) Health Services and International Studies Committee have jointly produced an expert opinion statement as a general guide to deal with certain aspects of HCT, including diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 in HCT recipient, pre- and post-HCT management, donor issues, medical tourism, and facilities management. During these crucial times, which may last for months or years, the HCT community must reorganize to proceed with transplantation activity in those patients who urgently require it, albeit with extreme caution. This shared knowledge may be of value to the HCT community in the absence of high-quality evidence-based medicine. © 2020 American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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- Ghada Algwaiz
- Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Adult Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Haematology. St George's Hospital and Medical School, London, United Kingdom; Cell Therapy Facility, Blood Services Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Japan
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- Clinical Haematology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Cord Blood Bank, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Hematology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina: Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Hematology and Oncology Department, Hebei Yanda Ludaopei Hospital, Langfang, China
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- Center for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Hematology Department, Henri Mondor Hospital and University Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Service d'Hématologie Clinique et Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 938, Paris, France
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Adult Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Fornwalt RA, Brigham EP, Scott Stephens R. Critical Care of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Crit Care Clin 2020; 37:29-46. [PMID: 33190774 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2020.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Life-threatening complications are frequent after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), and optimum critical care is essential to ensuring good outcomes. The immunologic consequences of HSCT result in a markedly different host response to critical illness. Infection is the most common cause of critical illness but noninfectious complications are frequent. Respiratory failure or sepsis are the typical presentations but the sequelae of HSCT can affect nearly any organ system. Pattern recognition can facilitate anticipation and early intervention in post-HSCT critical illness. HSCT critical care is a multidisciplinary endeavor. Continued investigation and focus on process improvement will continue to improve outcomes.
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- Rachael A Fornwalt
- Oncology Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building, Pod 5C, 401 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Oncology Intensive Care Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 East Monument Street, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Oncology Intensive Care Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans Street, Suite 9121 Zayed Tower, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Griffiths EA, Alwan LM, Bachiashvili K, Brown A, Cool R, Curtin P, Geyer MB, Gojo I, Kallam A, Kidwai WZ, Kloth DD, Kraut EH, Lyman GH, Mukherjee S, Perez LE, Rosovsky RP, Roy V, Rugo HS, Vasu S, Wadleigh M, Westervelt P, Becker PS. Considerations for Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Patients With Cancer Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020; 19:1-4. [PMID: 32871558 PMCID: PMC9730290 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.7610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hematopoietic growth factors, including erythrocyte stimulating agents (ESAs), granulocyte colony-stimulating factors, and thrombopoietin mimetics, can mitigate anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia resulting from chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. In the context of pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infection, patients with cancer have been identified as a group at high risk of morbidity and mortality from this infection. Our subcommittee of the NCCN Hematopoietic Growth Factors Panel convened a voluntary group to review the potential value of expanded use of such growth factors in the current high-risk environment. Although recommendations are available on the NCCN website in the COVID-19 Resources Section (https://www.nccn.org/covid-19/), these suggestions are provided without substantial context or reference. Herein we review the rationale and data underlying the suggested alterations to the use of hematopoietic growth factors for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era.
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington
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- O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
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- University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center; Jacksonville, Florida
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- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio
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- Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington
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Reddy OL, Savani BN, Stroncek DF, Panch SR. Advances in gene therapy for hematologic disease and considerations for transfusion medicine. Semin Hematol 2020; 57:83-91. [PMID: 32892847 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2020.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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As the list of regulatory agency-approved gene therapies grows, these products are now in the therapeutic spotlight with the potential to cure or dramatically alleviate several benign and malignant hematologic diseases. The mechanisms for gene manipulation are diverse, and include the use of a variety of cell sources and both viral vector- and nuclease-based targeted approaches. Gene editing has also reached the realm of blood component therapy and testing, where cultured products are being developed to improve transfusion support for individuals with rare blood types. In this review, we summarize the milestones in the development of gene therapies for hematologic diseases, mechanisms for gene manipulation, and implications for transfusion medicine and blood centers as these therapies continue to advance and grow.
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- Opal L Reddy
- Center for Cellular Engineering, National institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Center for Cellular Engineering, National institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Center for Cellular Engineering, National institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Loke J, Lowe DM, Miller LJ, Morton S, Roy NBA, Sekhar M, Stanworth SJ. Supportive care in the management of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia: where are the research needs? Br J Haematol 2020; 190:311-313. [DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Justin Loke
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit Birmingham UK
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK
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- Department of Clinical Immunology Royal Free Hospital London UK
- Institute of Immunity and Transplantation University College London Royal Free Campus London UK
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK
- Transfusion Medicine NHS Blood and Transplant Oxford UK
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- Department of Haematology Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford UK
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine University of Oxford, and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Oxford UK
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- Transfusion Medicine NHS Blood and Transplant Oxford UK
- Department of Haematology Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford UK
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine University of Oxford, and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Oxford UK
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