2023
Associations of donor, component, and recipient factors on hemoglobin increments following red blood cell transfusion in very low birth weight infants
DeSimone R, Plimier C, Goel R, Hendrickson J, Josephson C, Patel R, Sola‐Visner M, Roubinian N. Associations of donor, component, and recipient factors on hemoglobin increments following red blood cell transfusion in very low birth weight infants. Transfusion 2023, 63: 1424-1429. PMID: 37387597, PMCID: PMC10530070, DOI: 10.1111/trf.17468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow birth weight infantsRed blood cell transfusionBirth weight infantsBlood cell transfusionVLBW infantsHemoglobin incrementsTransfusion effectivenessCell transfusionWeight infantsRBC transfusionHemoglobin levelsRecipient factorsBlood donorsSingle-unit RBC transfusionsRBC unitsAssociation of donorDonor hemoglobin levelsTransfusion episodesTransfusion eventsClinical outcomesDonor factorsMultivariable regressionTransfusionDonor sexFemale donors
2022
Donor genetic and non-genetic factors affecting red blood cell transfusion effectiveness
Roubinian NH, Reese SE, Qiao H, Plimier C, Fang F, Page GP, Cable RG, Custer B, Gladwin MT, Goel R, Harris B, Hendrickson JE, Kanias T, Kleinman S, Mast AE, Sloan SR, Spencer BR, Spitalnik SL, Busch MP, Hod EA, . Donor genetic and non-genetic factors affecting red blood cell transfusion effectiveness. JCI Insight 2022, 7: e152598. PMID: 34793330, PMCID: PMC8765041, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.152598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfusion effectivenessHemoglobin incrementsRBC transfusionG6PD deficiencyMulticenter retrospective studyRBC storage durationRBC unit transfusionPrecision medicine approachSubset of donorsTransfusion episodesTransfusion requirementsUnit transfusionRecipient factorsRetrospective studyRBC recipientsPatient outcomesRecipient characteristicsChild healthTransfusionVivo hemolysisTransfusion productsMedicine approachNon-genetic factorsOxidative hemolysisSingle nucleotide polymorphisms
2021
Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice
Patel RM, Hendrickson JE, Nellis ME, Birch R, Goel R, Karam O, Karafin MS, Hanson SJ, Sachais BS, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Josephson CD, Sola-Visner M, National Heart L, Mast A, Hod E, Custer B, Vichinsky E, Spencer B, Mathew S, Harris D, Busch M, Norris P, Ness P, Kleinman S, Tamburro R, Glynn S, Malkin K. Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2021, 235: 92-99.e4. PMID: 33836184, PMCID: PMC8316298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of gestationEntire cohortPretransfusion hemoglobinPlatelet countNeonatal transfusionBlood Institute Recipient EpidemiologyDonor Evaluation Study-IIIInternational normalized ratio (INR) valuesHematologic valuesNeonatal transfusion practicesPretransfusion platelet countRetrospective cohort studyBlood product transfusionGestational age groupsPatient blood managementNational Heart LungRecipient EpidemiologyInitial hospitalizationProduct transfusionCohort studyRed blood cellsGestational ageTransfusion practiceHeart LungBlood management