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ArticleTransfusion2011

New frontiers in transfusion biology: identification and significance of mediators of morbidity and mortality in stored red blood cells.

Katie Grimshaw, Julie Sahler, Sherry L Spinelli, Richard P Phipps, Neil Blumberg

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Article in Transfusion, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. Red blood cells: the forgotten player in hemostasis and thrombosis.Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2019
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  11. Fluid Management in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine · 2019
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  13. Red blood cell storage lesion: causes and potential clinical consequences.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Katie GrimshawDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
Julie Sahler
Sherry L Spinelli
Richard P Phipps
Neil Blumberg

Funding

VISUAL INDICES OF NEUROTOXICITYP30ES001247 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI B Paige Lawrence · 1985 to 2026
$42.8M
Identification and Significance of Biologic Mediators in Red Cell ConcentratesR01HL095467 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI BLUMBERG, NEIL, PHIPPS, RICHARD P. · 2009 to 2012
$1.5M
Platelet Activation and Inflammatory MediatorsR01HL078603 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI PHIPPS, RICHARD P. · 2004 to 2007
$1.2M
Microparticles as Messengers of Communication Between Blood and Vascular CellsRC1HL100051 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI PHIPPS, RICHARD P. · 2009 to 2010
$1.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL078603NHLBI NIH HHS HL095467NHLBI NIH HHS HL100051NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL078603NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL095467NHLBI NIH HHS RC1 HL100051NIEHS NIH HHS ES01247NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES001247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are associated with inflammation and thrombosis, both arterial and venous, the mechanisms of which are not understood. Although a necessary life-saving procedure in modern medicine, transfusions have rarely been subjected to modern assessments of efficacy and safety, including randomized trials. Storage of RBCs induces changes, including the release of free hemoglobin and the accumulation of biologically active soluble mediators and microparticles. These mediators likely play a direct role in the inflammatory and prothrombotic properties of RBC transfusions. Methods such as leukoreduction, washing of RBCs, and rejuvenation may improve the quality of RBC transfusions.

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Blood PlateletsBlood PreservationErythrocytesErythrocyte TransfusionHumans

Identifiers

PMID21496049
PMCPMC3184525

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