2025
Associations between blood donors, component modifications, and the alloimmunization of transfusion recipients
Yu H, Karafin M, Tormey C, Goel R, Spencer B, Hendrickson J, Hauser R. Associations between blood donors, component modifications, and the alloimmunization of transfusion recipients. Transfusion 2025, 65: 588-603. PMID: 39821794, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of RBC alloimmunizationRed blood cell unitsRed blood cellsTransfusion recipientsBlood donorsRBC alloimmunizationMultivariate conditional logistic regression analysisConditional logistic regression analysisRisk of alloimmunizationIrradiated red blood cellsCase-control studyLogistic regression analysisSickle cell diseaseAlloantibody formationAlloimmunization eventsRecipient variablesAlloimmunizationRecipient EpidemiologyRecipient diagnosisSub-analysisDecreased riskCell diseaseOlder donorsLow riskTransfusion
2024
Assessing the Effect of Changing the Average Hematocrit in Red Blood Cell (RBC) Units on the Post- Procedure Hematocrits of Patients Undergoing Erythrocytapheresis
Musante K, Roome L, Yurtsever N, Rinder H, Tormey C, Lee E. Assessing the Effect of Changing the Average Hematocrit in Red Blood Cell (RBC) Units on the Post- Procedure Hematocrits of Patients Undergoing Erythrocytapheresis. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s147-s147. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseaseRed blood cell unitsSickle cell disease patientsRed blood cellsPatient's HctRBC unitsTransfused RBC unitsRetrospective chart reviewTwo-sample t-testChart reviewAdverse eventsMedian numberPre-procedureProphylactic procedureCell diseasePatientsAcademic hospitalAverage hematocritAverage HctBlood cellsHctTransfusion servicesT-testQuality studiesHematocrit
2022
Procuring rare (珍しい)* Japanese red blood cell units for a bleeding patient with anti-K11 requiring a life-saving procedure
Rodriguez J, Tormey C. Procuring rare (珍しい)* Japanese red blood cell units for a bleeding patient with anti-K11 requiring a life-saving procedure. Immunohematology 2022, 38: 96-99. PMID: 36190197, DOI: 10.21307/immunohematology-2022-049.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsAmerican Rare Donor ProgramRed blood cell unitsAntigen-positive unitsLife-saving procedurePotential clinical significanceMultiple comorbiditiesKnee amputationExtremity amputationCritical anemiaCase reportAdverse reactionsClinical significanceCell unitsPatient plasmaTransfusion communityGroup OClinical necessityDonor ProgramRBC unitsPatientsAmputationCompatible unitsAnemiaChallenging caseRare event
2013
Limiting the Extent of a Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction With Automated Red Blood Cell Exchange
Tormey CA, Stack G. Limiting the Extent of a Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction With Automated Red Blood Cell Exchange. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2013, 137: 861-4. PMID: 23721278, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0154-cr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cell exchangeHemolytic transfusion reactionsDAT resultsTransfusion reactionsDirect antiglobulin test resultsCell exchangeIncompatible red blood cellsSymptoms of hemolysisRed blood cell unitsPositive antibody screenBlood group antibodiesAntigen-negative unitsAnamnestic increaseAntigen reexposureFurther hemolysisRed blood cellsAntibody screenGroup antibodiesPatient historyBlood cellsDHTRTransfusionHemolysisSymptomsCell units
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