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ReviewBlood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue2019

The effect of platelet storage temperature on haemostatic, immune, and endothelial function: potential for personalised medicine.

Susan M Shea, Kimberly A Thomas, Philip C Spinella

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Review in Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Alterations in RNA Expression Profile FollowingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Cold-stored platelets for acute bleeding in cardiac surgical patients: a narrative review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023
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  12. The Story of Blood for Shock Resuscitation: How the Pendulum Swings.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2021
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  13. Proteomics: A Tool to Study Platelet Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  15. Personalised Transfusion Medicine.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susan M SheaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Kimberly A ThomasDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Philip C SpinellaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reports from both adult and paediatric populations indicate that approximately two-thirds of platelet transfusions are used prophylactically to prevent bleeding, while the remaining one-third are used therapeutically to manage active bleeding. These two indications, prophylactic and therapeutic, serve two very distinct purposes and therefore will have two different functional requirements. In addition, disease aetiology in a given patient may require platelets with different functional characteristics. These characteristics can be derived from the various manufacturing methods used in platelet product production, including collection methods, processing methods, and storage options. The iterative combinations of manufacturing methods can result in a number of unique platelet products with different efficacy and safety profiles, which could potentially be used to benefit patient populations by meeting diverse clinical needs. In particular, cold storage of platelet products causes many biochemical and functional changes, of which the most notable characterised to date include increased haemostatic activity and altered expression of molecules inherent to platelet:leucocyte interactions. The in vivo consequences, both short- and long-term, of these molecular and cellular cold-storage-induced changes have yet to be clearly defined. Elucidation of these mechanisms would potentially reveal unique biologies that could be harnessed to provide more targeted therapies. To this end, in this new era of personalised medicine, perhaps there is an opportunity to provide individual patients with platelet products that are tailored to their clinical condition and the specific indication for transfusion.

Indexed as

HemostasisAnimalsBlood PlateletsBlood PreservationCell CommunicationCold TemperatureEndothelial CellsHumansLeukocytesPlatelet TransfusionPrecision Medicine

Identifiers

PMID31385802
PMCPMC6683864
OpenAlexW2981686720

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