Transfusion Medicine
Latest News
Guide explains nonsurgical management of major hemorrhage
Bleeding affects everybody in medicine, from family doctors in smaller institutions who work in emergency departments to obstetricians and...
Conference Coverage
Study: Formula-fed extreme preemies need more iron
It’s time to rethink the guidelines on nutritional supplementation for the most premature babies, researchers said.
Conference Coverage
Alloantibody registry would save lives, money
New research supports establishing a national exchange of alloantibody data, to save lives and cut costs in transfusion medicine.
Conference Coverage
Beta-thalassemia: Benefits of gene therapy outweigh costs
Following treatment with betibeglogene autotemcel, some patients went without transfusions for 8 years and counting.
Latest News
Postpartum hemorrhage rates and risk factors rising
Despite increased hemorrhage rates, blood transfusions and peripartum hysterectomies declined in recent years.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves first gene therapy, betibeglogene autotemcel (Zynteglo), for beta-thalassemia
The one-time gene therapy represents a potential cure in which functional copies of the mutated gene are inserted into patients’ hematopoietic...
News
FDA approves first-ever drug for cold agglutinin disease
The first drug to treat a rare anemia has been given the green light by the FDA.
Conference Coverage
Beta-thalassemia gene therapy achieves lasting transfusion independence
“Seeing the restoration of iron metabolism, it really takes us a step closer to really thinking the term ‘cure’ might truly apply.”
Latest News
Risk-based antenatal type-and-screen blood testing safe and economical
“In a year of selective type and screen, we saw a 51% reduction in costs related to type and screen, and a 38% reduction in overall transfusion-...
From the Journals
Hemochromatosis variants may confer 10-fold higher risk of liver cancer
Men of European ancestry had a greater risk of liver cancer and death if they had HFE variants.
From the Journals
INR fails to predict bleeding in patients with cirrhosis
The investigators hope the study findings reinforce minimizing administration of fresh frozen plasma for inappropriate correction of international...