2024
Characterization of blood bank and transfusion medicine practices for pregnant individuals with fetuses at risk of hemolytic disease in the United States
Jacobs J, Booth G, Moise K, Adkins B, Bakhtary S, Fasano R, Goel R, Hinton H, Laghari S, Stephens L, Tormey C, Crowe E, Bloch E, Abels E. Characterization of blood bank and transfusion medicine practices for pregnant individuals with fetuses at risk of hemolytic disease in the United States. Transfusion 2024, 64: 1870-1880. PMID: 39248602, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of HDFNAntigen testAntibody titersHemolytic diseaseRed blood cellsCell-free fetal DNA testingRisk of hemolytic diseaseCell-free fetal DNAMaternal antibody titersPregnant individualsFetal DNA testingBlood banksTransfusion medicine practiceFetal DNALaboratory testing practicesThird trimesterAntigen statusTransfusion medicine serviceAntigen resultsMedicine serviceFetusesHDFNCritical titerResponse rateDNA testing
2023
Assessing Recommendations for Determining Fetal Risk in Alloimmunized Pregnancies in the United States: Is It Time to Update a Decades-Old Practice?
Abels E, Adkins B, Cedeno K, Booth G, Allen E, Stephens L, Woo J, Tormey C, Jacobs J. Assessing Recommendations for Determining Fetal Risk in Alloimmunized Pregnancies in the United States: Is It Time to Update a Decades-Old Practice? Transfusion Medicine Reviews 2023, 38: 150810. PMID: 38194730, DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2023.150810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntigen testingEvidence-based recommendationsFetal risksAlloimmunized pregnanciesPoor outcomeHemolytic diseasePractice guidelinesDecades-old practiceNarrative reviewTransfusion medicineUnnecessary riskRecent evidencePregnancyUnited StatesFetusesRiskCurrent United StatesValuable alternativeTesting algorithmObstetriciansCurrent landscapeDiseaseRecommendations
2020
Immunohematologic aspects of alloimmunization and alloantibody detection: A focus on pregnancy and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
Gupta GK, Balbuena-Merle R, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA. Immunohematologic aspects of alloimmunization and alloantibody detection: A focus on pregnancy and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Transfusion And Apheresis Science 2020, 59: 102946. PMID: 32962917, DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cellsHemolytic diseaseCurrent pathophysiologic mechanismsSetting of pregnancyPeri-partum periodPregnant patientsRBC alloantibodiesPathophysiologic mechanismsTransfusion practiceAlloantibody detectionTransfusion therapyClinical impactAlloimmunizationTransfusion communityBlood bankPregnancyDeadliest formBlood cellsAlloantibodiesFetusesDiseaseLaboratory toolPatientsTherapySetting
2019
Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences
Tormey CA, Hendrickson JE. Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences. Blood 2019, 133: 1821-1830. PMID: 30808636, PMCID: PMC6484385, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-08-833962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfusion recipientsBlood donorsPreventative strategiesBlood product exposureCompatible RBC unitsRBC alloantibody formationHemolytic transfusion reactionsDevelopment of alloantibodiesAdaptive immune factorsJudicious transfusionRBC alloimmunizationImmunomodulatory therapyAlloantibody formationBlood transfusionRBC alloantibodiesRecipient variablesFuture pregnanciesImmune factorsTransfusion reactionsBlood productsHemolytic diseaseFuture transfusionsHuman studiesTransfusionAlloantibodies
2014
Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization Mitigation Strategies
Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA, Shaz BH. Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization Mitigation Strategies. Transfusion Medicine Reviews 2014, 28: 137-144. PMID: 24928468, DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2014.04.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHemolytic transfusion reactionsRBC alloantibodiesRBC alloimmunizationTransfusion reactionsImmune systemRed blood cell alloantibodiesCompatible RBC unitsRBC alloimmunization rateTransfusion-associated morbidityRecipient's immune systemTransfusion-associated deathForms of anemiaAlloimmunization rateAntigen exposureSignificant morbidityTransfusion recipientsHemolytic diseaseAlloantibodiesHuman studiesAnimal studiesDanger signalsAnimal dataMorbidityAlloimmunizationRBC units