2020
The Development and Implementation of a Novel Electronic Consult System by a Laboratory Medicine Service: Experience From the First 2 Years of Use
Stendahl K, Siddon AJ, Peaper DR, Hauser RG, Campbell S, Tormey CA. The Development and Implementation of a Novel Electronic Consult System by a Laboratory Medicine Service: Experience From the First 2 Years of Use. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2020, 145: 75-81. PMID: 33367659, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2019-0267-oa.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE-consultsMedicine serviceLaboratory medicine servicesConsult systemPeripheral blood smear reviewE-consult implementationMajority of consultsType of consultBlood smear reviewHematology/oncologyMedian turnaround timeHealth care facilitiesPrimary careMedical recordsProvider communicationClinical impactResident reviewCare facilitiesSmear reviewTest utilizationPathologist reviewYears of useBlood bankConsultsUtilization trends
2014
The Development and Implementation of, and First Years' Experience With, a Massive/Emergency Transfusion Protocol (Damage Control Hematology Protocol) in a Veterans Affairs Hospital
Gehrie EA, Tormey CA. The Development and Implementation of, and First Years' Experience With, a Massive/Emergency Transfusion Protocol (Damage Control Hematology Protocol) in a Veterans Affairs Hospital. Military Medicine 2014, 179: 1099-1105. PMID: 25269127, DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-14-00045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBlood BanksBlood Grouping and CrossmatchingBlood Loss, SurgicalBlood TransfusionClinical AuditClinical ProtocolsConnecticutEmergenciesErythrocyte TransfusionFactor VIIaFactor VIIIFibrinogenHematemesisHospitals, VeteransHumansLaboratories, HospitalMalePlasma ExchangePlatelet TransfusionPostoperative HemorrhageRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsFresh frozen plasmaRecombinant factor VIIaRed blood cellsVeterans Affairs hospitalTransfusion protocolFactor VIIaUnits of RBCsVeterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare SystemUnits of FFPLarge trauma centersHospital-based blood banksETP patientsMassive transfusionTrauma centerFrozen plasmaSeparate patientsPatientsWest HavenBleeding emergenciesBlood bankBlood cellsYears' experienceHealthcare systemPlateletsHospital
2009
IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY: The characterization and classification of concurrent blood group antibodies
Tormey CA, Stack G. IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY: The characterization and classification of concurrent blood group antibodies. Transfusion 2009, 49: 2709-2718. PMID: 19682334, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02337.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood group antibodiesGroup antibodiesVeterans Affairs Medical CenterAntigenic specificityAlloimmunized individualsConcurrent antibodiesAntibody persistenceTransfusion recordsAntibody screenAlloimmunized patientsTime of disappearanceMedical CenterPatientsBG antibodyStudy designAntibody specificityAntibodiesAlloantibodiesAlloimmunizationAntibody pairsCompatibility testingSpecificityMost cases