Understanding red blood cell alloimmunization triggers
Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA. Understanding red blood cell alloimmunization triggers. Hematology 2016, 2016: 446-451. PMID: 27913514, PMCID: PMC6142457, DOI: 10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.446.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRBC alloimmunizationRed blood cellsRisk factorsBlood cellsWhite blood cellsBlood group antigensPregnancy outcomesAlloantibody formationRBC alloantibodiesRBC transfusionRecipient factorsTransfusion safetyAlloimmunizationAnimal modelsHuman studiesPrevention strategiesDonor plasmaDanger signalsParticular antigenGroup antigensAntigenTransfusionPregnancyNonrespondersCellsTwo approaches to the clinical dilemma of treating TTP with therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with a history of anaphylactic reactions to plasma
Sidhu D, Snyder EL, Tormey CA. Two approaches to the clinical dilemma of treating TTP with therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with a history of anaphylactic reactions to plasma. Journal Of Clinical Apheresis 2016, 32: 158-162. PMID: 27246502, DOI: 10.1002/jca.21475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTherapeutic plasma exchangeThrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraSevere allergic reactionsAnaphylactic reactionsTTP exacerbationTTP remissionTreatment strategiesAllergic reactionsVon Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving proteasePotential treatment strategyPossible treatment protocolReplacement plasmaAdverse eventsAcute treatmentPlasma exchangeThrombocytopenic purpuraSimilar patientsClinical dilemmaTreatment protocolAllergic riskPatientsDonor plasmaADAMTS-13Plasma productsStandard plasma