General blood management reference list
Cardiology references
- Alexander KP, Chen AY, Wang TY, Rao SV, Newby LK, LaPointe NM, Ohman EM, Roe MT, Boden WE, Harrington RA, Peterson ED; CRUSADE Investigators. Transfusion practice and outcomes in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. Am Heart J. 2008 Jun;155(6):1047-53.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Adjuvant Therapies. Practice guidelines for perioperative blood transfusion and adjuvant therapies: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Adjuvant Therapies. Anesthesiology. 2006 Jul;105(1):198-208.
- Carson JL, Hill S, Carless P, Hébert P, Henry D. Transfusion triggers: a systematic review of the literature. Transfus Med Rev. 2002 Jul;16(3):187-99.
- Carson JL, Terrin ML, Noveck H, et al. Liberal or restrictive transfusion in high-risk patients after hip surgery. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:2453-2462.
- Engoren MC, Habib RH, Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ. Effect of blood transfusion on long-term survival after cardiac operation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Oct;74(4):1180-6.
- Hébert PC, Wells G, Blajchman MA, Marshall J, Martin C, Pagliarello G, Tweeddale M, Schweitzer I, Yetisir E. A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 1999 Feb 11;340(6):409-17. Erratum in: N Engl J Med 1999 Apr 1;340(13):1056.
- Hovav T, Yedgar S, Manny N, Barshtein G. Alteration of red cell aggregability and shape during blood storage. Transfusion. 1999 Mar;39(3):277-81.
- Koch CG, Li L, Duncan AI, Mihaljevic T, Loop FD, Starr NJ, Blackstone EH. Transfusion in coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with reduced long-term survival. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 May;81(5):1650-7.
- Koch CG, Li L, Sessler DI, Figueroa P, Hoeltge GA, Mihaljevic T, Blackstone EH. Duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 20;358(12):1229-39.
- Kuduvalli M, Oo AY, Newall N, Grayson AD, Jackson M, Desmond MJ, Fabri BM, Rashid A. Effect of peri-operative red blood cell transfusion on 30-day and 1-year mortality following coronary artery bypass surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Apr;27(4):592-8.
- Leal-Noval SR, Rincón-Ferrari MD, García-Curiel A, Herruzo-Avilés A, Camacho-Laraña P, Garnacho-Montero J, Amaya-Villar R. Transfusion of blood components and postoperative infection in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Chest. 2001 May;119(5):1461-8.
- Marik PE, Corwin HL. Efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill: a systematic review of the literature. Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep;36(9):2667-74.
- Napolitano LM, Kurek S, Luchette FA, Anderson GL, Bard MR, Bromberg W, Chiu WC, Cipolle MD, Clancy KD, Diebel L, Hoff WS, Hughes KM, Munshi I, Nayduch D, Sandhu R, Yelon JA, Corwin HL, Barie PS, Tisherman SA, Hebert PC; EAST Practice Management Workgroup; American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) Taskforce of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Clinical practice guideline: red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care. J Trauma. 2009 Dec;67(6):1439-42.
- Practice Guidelines for Blood Transfusion (2nd Edition), American Red Cross. 2007.
- Rao SV, Jollis JG, Harrington RA, Granger CB, Newby LK, Armstrong PW, Moliterno DJ, Lindblad L, Pieper K, Topol EJ, Stamler JS, Califf RM. Relationship of blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes. JAMA. 2004 Oct 6;292(13):1555-62.
- Sabatine MS, Morrow DA, Giugliano RP, Burton PB, Murphy SA, McCabe CH, Gibson CM, Braunwald E. Association of hemoglobin levels with clinical outcomes in acutecoronary syndromes. Circulation. 2005 Apr 26;111(16):2042-9.
- Shapiro MJ, Gettinger A, Corwin HL, Napolitano L, Levy M, Abraham E, Fink MP, MacIntyre N, Pearl RG, Shabot MM. Anemia and blood transfusion in trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit. J Trauma. 2003 Aug;55(2):269-73; discussion 273-4.
- Singla I, Zahid M, Good CB, Macioce A, Sonel AF. Impact of blood transfusions in patients presenting with anemia and suspected acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Apr 15;99(8):1119-21.
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons Blood Conservation Guideline Task Force, Ferraris VA, Ferraris SP, Saha SP, Hessel EA 2nd, Haan CK, Royston BD, Bridges CR, Higgins RS, Despotis G, Brown JR; Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Special Task Force on Blood Transfusion, Spiess BD, Shore-Lesserson L, Stafford-Smith M, Mazer CD, Bennett-Guerrero E, Hill SE, Body S. Perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists clinical practice guideline. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 May;83(5 Suppl):S27-86.
- Stover EP, Siegel LC, Parks R, Levin J, Body SC, Maddi R, D'Ambra MN, Mangano DT, Spiess BD. Variability in transfusion practice for coronary artery bypass surgery persists despite national consensus guidelines: a 24-institution study. Institutions of the Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group. Anesthesiology. 1998 Feb;88(2):327-33.
- Surgenor SD, Kramer RS, Olmstead EM, Ross CS, Sellke FW, Likosky DS, Marrin CA, Helm RE Jr, Leavitt BJ, Morton JR, Charlesworth DC, Clough RA, Hernandez F, Frumiento C, Benak A, DioData C, O'Connor GT; Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. The association of perioperative red blood cell transfusions and decreased long-term survival after cardiac surgery. Anesth Analg. 2009 Jun;108(6):1741-6.
- Tsai AG, Cabrales P, Intaglietta M. Microvascular perfusion upon exchange transfusion with stored red blood cells in normovolemic anemic conditions. Transfusion. 2004 Nov;44(11):1626-34.
- Wu WC, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Blood transfusion in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2001 Oct 25;345(17):1230-6.
- Yang X, Alexander KP, Chen AY, Roe MT, Brindis RG, Rao SV, Gibler WB, Ohman EM, Peterson ED; CRUSADE Investigators. The implications of blood transfusions for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from the CRUSADE National Quality Improvement Initiative. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Oct 18;46(8):1490-5.
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Fresh Frozen Plasma references
- Abdel-Wahab OI, Healy B, Dzik WH. Effect of fresh-frozen plasma transfusion on prothrombin time and bleeding in patients with mild coagulation abnormalities. Transfusion. 2006 Aug;46(8):1279-85.
- Ewe K. Bleeding after liver biopsy does not correlate with indices of peripheral coagulation. Dig Dis Sci. 1981 May;26(5):388-93.
- Fisher NC, Mutimer DJ. Central venous cannulation in patients with liver disease and coagulopathy--a prospective audit. Intensive Care Med. 1999 May;25(5):481-5.
- Hambleton J, Wages D, Radu-Radulescu L, Adams M, MacKenzie M, Shafer S, Lee M, Smyers J, Wiesehahn G, Corash L. Pharmacokinetic study of FFP photochemically treated with amotosalen (S-59) and UV light compared to FFP in healthy volunteers anticoagulated with warfarin. Transfusion. 2002 Oct;42(10):1302-7.
- Holland LL, Brooks JP. Toward rational fresh frozen plasma transfusion: The effect of plasma transfusion on coagulation test results. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006 Jul;126(1):133-9.
- Holland LL, Foster TM, Marlar RA, Brooks JP. Fresh frozen plasma is ineffective for correcting minimally elevated international normalized ratios. Transfusion. 2005 Jul;45(7):1234-5.
- Khan H, Belsher J, Yilmaz M, Afessa B, Winters JL, Moore SB, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Fresh-frozen plasma and platelet transfusions are associated with development of acute lung injury in critically ill medical patients. Chest. 2007 May;131(5):1308-14.
- Lubetsky A, Yonath H, Olchovsky D, Loebstein R, Halkin H, Ezra D. Comparison of oral vs intravenous phytonadione (vitamin K1) in patients with excessive anticoagulation: a prospective randomized controlled study. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Nov 10;163(20):2469-73.
- Petersen GA. Does systemic anticoagulation increase the risk of internal jugular vein cannulation? Anesthesiology. 1991 Dec;75(6):1124.
- Raj G, Kumar R, McKinney WP. Time course of reversal of anticoagulant effect of warfarin by intravenous and subcutaneous phytonadione. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Dec 13-27;159(22):2721-4. Erratum in: Arch Intern Med 2000 Apr 10;160(7):986.
- Segal JB, Dzik WH; Transfusion Medicine/Hemostasis Clinical Trials Network. Paucity of studies to support that abnormal coagulation test results predict bleeding in the setting of invasive procedures: an evidence-based review. Transfusion. 2005 Sep;45(9):1413-25.
- Stanworth SJ, Brunskill SJ, Hyde CJ, McClelland DB, Murphy MF. Is fresh frozen plasma clinically effective? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Br J Haematol. 2004 Jul;126(1):139-52.
- Wallis JP, Dzik S. Is fresh frozen plasma overtransfused in the United States? Transfusion. 2004 Nov;44(11):1674-5.
- Youssef WI, Salazar F, Dasarathy S, Beddow T, Mullen KD. Role of fresh frozen plasma infusion in correction of coagulopathy of chronic liver disease: a dual phase study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Jun;98(6):1391-4.
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Hemostasis Management references
- Amand T, Pincemail J, Blaffart F, Larbuisson R, Limet R, Defraigne JO. Levels of inflammatory markers in the blood processed by autotransfusion devices during cardiac surgery associated with cardiopulmonary bypass circuit. Perfusion. 2002 Mar;17(2):117-23.
- Braunwald E, Antman EM, Beasley JW, Califf RM, Cheitlin MD, Hochman JS, Jones RH, Kereiakes D, Kupersmith J, Levin TN, Pepine CJ, Schaeffer JW, Smith EE 3rd, Steward DE, Theroux P, Gibbons RJ, Alpert JS, Faxon DP, Fuster V, Gregoratos G, Hiratzka LF, Jacobs AK, Smith SC Jr; American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association. Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina. ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Oct 2;40(7):1366-74.
- Brown RS, Thwaites BK, Mongan PD. Tranexamic acid is effective in decreasing postoperative bleeding and transfusions in primary coronary artery bypass operations: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Anesth Analg. 1997 Nov;85(5):963-70.
- Burman JF, Westlake AS, Davidson SJ, Rutherford LC, Rayner AS, Wright AM, Morgan CJ, Pepper JR. Study of five cell salvage machines in coronary artery surgery. Transfus Med. 2002 Jun;12(3):173-9.
- Clark CR, Spratt KF, Blondin M, Craig S, Fink L. Perioperative autotransfusion in total hip and knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2006 Jan;21(1):23-35.
- Deleuze P, Intrator L, Liou A, Contremoulins I, Cachera JP, Loisance DY. Complement activation and use of a cell saver in cardiopulmonary bypass. ASAIO Trans. 1990 Jul-Sep;36(3):M179-81.
- Despotis GJ, Joist JH, Hogue CW Jr, Alsoufiev A, Kater K, Goodnough LT, Santoro SA, Spitznagel E, Rosenblum M, Lappas DG. The impact of heparin concentration and activated clotting time monitoring on blood conservation. A prospective, randomized evaluation in patients undergoing cardiac operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Jul;110(1):46-54.
- Fanelli P. Evaluation of Haemonetics’ cardioPAT® cardiovascular perioperative autotransfusion system in the post-operative setting at four institutions. Transfusion 2007; 47(Suppl):15A.
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons Blood Conservation Guideline Task Force, Ferraris VA, Ferraris SP, Saha SP, Hessel EA 2nd, Haan CK, Royston BD, Bridges CR, Higgins RS, Despotis G, Brown JR; Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Special Task Force on Blood Transfusion, Spiess BD, Shore-Lesserson L, Stafford-Smith M, Mazer CD, Bennett-Guerrero E, Hill SE, Body S. Perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists clinical practice guideline. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 May;83(5 Suppl):S27-86.
- Ferraris VA, Ferraris SP, Joseph O, Wehner P, Mentzer RM Jr. Aspirin and postoperative bleeding after coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Surg. 2002 Jun;235(6):820-7.
- Ishida T, Nakano K, Nakatani H, Gomi A, Satoh T, Saegusa N, Itoh A. [Relation between intraoperative salvaged blood transfusion and postoperative infection after cardiac surgery]. Kyobu Geka. 2002 Aug;55(9):763-7. Japanese.
- Jewell AE, Akowuah EF, Suvarna SK, Braidley P, Hopkinson D, Cooper G. A prospective randomised comparison of cardiotomy suction and cell saver for recycling shed blood during cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 Apr;23(4):633-6.
- Klein H, Anstee D. Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine (11th ed). 2005:812-3.
- McCrath DJ, Cerboni E, Frumento RJ, Hirsh AL, Bennett-Guerrero E. Thromboelastography maximum amplitude predicts postoperative thrombotic complications including myocardial infarction. Anesth Analg. 2005 Jun;100(6):1576-83.
- Mongan PD, Hosking MP. The role of desmopressin acetate in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. A controlled clinical trial with thromboelastographic risk stratification. Anesthesiology. 1992 Jul;77(1):38-46.
- Murphy GJ, Allen SM, Unsworth-White J, Lewis CT, Dalrymple-Hay MJ. Safety and efficacy of perioperative cell salvage and autotransfusion after coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized trial. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 May;77(5):1553-9.
- Perttilä J, Leino L, Pöyhönen M, Salo M. Leucocyte content in blood processed by autotransfusion devices during open-heart surgery. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1995 May;39(4):445-8.
- Prisco D, Paniccia R. Point-of-Care Testing of Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery. Thromb J. 2003 May 6;1(1):1.
- Shore-Lesserson L, Manspeizer HE, DePerio M, Francis S, Vela-Cantos F, Ergin MA. Thromboelastography-guided transfusion algorithm reduces transfusions in complex cardiac surgery. Anesth Analg. 1999 Feb;88(2):312-9.
- Snyder-Ramos SA, Mohnle P, Weng Y-S, Bottiger BW, Kulier A, Levin J, Mangano DT. The ongoing variability in blood transfusion practices in cardiac surgery. Transfusion 2008; 48:1284-99.
- Stover EP, Siegel LC, Parks R, Levin J, Body SC, Maddi R, D'Ambra MN, Mangano DT, Spiess BD. Variability in transfusion practice for coronary artery bypass surgery persists despite national consensus guidelines: a 24-institution study. Institutions of the multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group. Anesthesiology. 1998 Feb;88(2):327-33.
- Svenmarker S, Engström KG. The inflammatory response to recycled pericardial suction blood and the influence of cell-saving. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2003 Jun;37(3):158-64.
- Warren O, Mandal K, Hadjianastassiou V, Knowlton L, Panesar S, John K, Darzi A, Athanasiou T. Recombinant activated factor VII in cardiac surgery: a systematic review. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Feb;83(2):707-14.
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Preoperative Autologous Donation (PAD) references
- Bern MM, Bierbaum BE, Katz JN, Losina E. Autologous blood donation and subsequent blood use in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Transfus Med. 2006 Oct;16(5):313-9.
- Blanchette CM, Wang PF, Joshi AV, Asmussen M, Saunders W, Kruse P. Cost and utilization of blood transfusion associated with spinal surgeries in the United States. Eur Spine J. 2007 Mar;16(3):353-63.
- Busch MP, Kleinman SH, Nemo GJ. Current and emerging infectious risks of blood transfusions. JAMA. 2003 Feb 26;289(8):959-62.
- Etchason J, Petz L, Keeler E, Calhoun L, Kleinman S, Snider C, Fink A, Brook R. The cost effectiveness of preoperative autologous blood donations. N Engl J Med. 1995 Mar 16;332(11):719-24.
- Forgie MA, Wells PS, Laupacis A, Fergusson D. Preoperative autologous donation decreases allogeneic transfusion but increases exposure to all red blood cell transfusion: results of a meta-analysis. International Study of Perioperative Transfusion (ISPOT) Investigators. Arch Intern Med. 1998 Mar23;158(6):610-6.
- Gandini G, Franchini M, de Gironcoli M, Giuffrida A, Bertuzzo D, Zanolla L, Ferro I, Regis D, Aprili G. Preoperative autologous blood donation by elderly patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. Vox Sang. 2001 Feb;80(2):95-100.
- Goldman M, Rémy-Prince S, Trépanier A, Décary F. Autologous donation error rates in Canada. Transfusion. 1997 May;37(5):523-7.
- Goodnough LT. Autologous blood donation. Crit Care. 2004;8 Suppl 2:S49-52.
- Goodnough LT, Brecher ME, Kanter MH, AuBuchon JP. Transfusion medicine. First of two parts--blood transfusion. N Engl J Med. 1999 Feb 11;340(6):438-47.
- Graham ID, Fergusson D, Dokainish H, Biggs J, McAuley L, Laupacis A. Autologous versus allogeneic transfusion: patients' perceptions and experiences. CMAJ. 1999 Apr 6;160(7):989-95.
- Hovav T, Yedgar S, Manny N, Barshtein G. Alteration of red cell aggregability and shape during blood storage. Transfusion. 1999 Mar;39(3):277-81.
- Koch CG, Li L, Sessler DI, Figueroa P, Hoeltge GA, Mihaljevic T, Blackstone EH. Duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 20;358(12):1229-39.
- Kristiansson M, Soop M, Saraste L, Sundqvist KG. Cytokines in stored red blood cell concentrates: promoters of systemic inflammation and simulators of acute transfusion reactions? Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1996 Apr;40(4):496-501.
- Murphy GJ, Rogers CS, Lansdowne WB, Channon I, Alwair H, Cohen A, Caputo M, Angelini GD. Safety, efficacy, and cost of intraoperative cell salvage and autotransfusion after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomized trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Jul;130(1):20-8.
- Popovsky MA, Whitaker B, Arnold NL. Severe outcomes of allogeneic and autologous blood donation: frequency and characterization. Transfusion. 1995 Sep;35(9):734-7.
- Toy P, Ahn D, Bachetti P. When should the first two autologous donations be made? Transfusion 1994; 34:14S.
- Tsai AG, Cabrales P, Intaglietta M. Microvascular perfusion upon exchange transfusion with stored red blood cells in normovolemic anemic conditions. Transfusion. 2004 Nov;44(11):1626-34.
- Wood E, Yomtovian RA. Adverse consequences of autologous transfusion practice. In: Popovsky MA (ed.) Transfusion Reactions, 3rd edition. Bethesda, MD: AABB Press, 2007, pp 341-364.
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