2022
The Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study‐IV‐Pediatric (REDS‐IV‐P): A research program striving to improve blood donor safety and optimize transfusion outcomes across the lifespan
Josephson CD, Glynn S, Mathew S, Birch R, Bakkour S, Kreuziger L, Busch MP, Chapman K, Dinardo C, Hendrickson J, Hod EA, Kelly S, Luban N, Mast A, Norris P, Custer B, Sabino E, Sachais B, Spencer BR, Stone M, Kleinman S, for the National Heart L. The Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study‐IV‐Pediatric (REDS‐IV‐P): A research program striving to improve blood donor safety and optimize transfusion outcomes across the lifespan. Transfusion 2022, 62: 982-999. PMID: 35441384, PMCID: PMC9353062, DOI: 10.1111/trf.16869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood safety issueRecipient outcomesData Coordinating CenterRecipient EpidemiologySevere acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2Blood donor safetyNon-transfused patientsProspective observational studyHospital electronic medical recordsCorona virus 2Sickle cell diseaseElectronic medical recordsPreterm infantsDonor safetyNational HeartMedical recordsBlood donorsCell diseaseObservational studyBlood supplyTransfusion outcomesBlood centersStudy designSpecial populationsCoordinating CenterDonor 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
Transfusion practices for pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: Data from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study‐III (REDS‐III)
Goel R, Nellis ME, Karam O, Hanson SJ, Tormey CA, Patel RM, Birch R, Sachais BS, Sola‐Visner M, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Josephson CD, Hendrickson JE, Karafin MS, Study‐IV‐Pediatric F. Transfusion practices for pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: Data from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study‐III (REDS‐III). Transfusion 2021, 61: 2589-2600. PMID: 34455598, DOI: 10.1111/trf.16626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational normalized ratioBlood Institute Recipient EpidemiologyDonor Evaluation Study-IIINational Heart LungTransfusion practicePediatric oncologyRecipient EpidemiologyHSCT patientsPlasma transfusionRed blood cellsPlatelet countHeart LungHematopoietic stem cell transplantation patientsHematopoietic stem cell transplant patientsMedian international normalized ratioStem cell transplant patientsStem cell transplantation patientsLower INR valuesPre-transfusion HbMedian platelet countMulticenter retrospective studyCell transplant patientsCell transplantation patientsStudy IIIAcute myeloid leukemia