Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory VITT Three patients with severe manifestations
of VITT after Covid-19 vaccination had a poor response to initial therapy with anticoagulants …

BACKGROUND: Coagulopathy leading to excessive blood loss and large volume red cell
transfusion is a frequent complication of cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) …

Transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO) is a common yet underrecognized and
underreported complication of transfusion associated with significant morbidity and mortality. …

Significant progress has been made in reducing the risk of pathogen transmission to
transfusion recipients. Nonetheless, there remains a continuing risk of transmission of viruses, …

Background: A massive hemorrhage protocol (MHP) enables rapid delivery of blood components
in a patient who is exsanguinating pending definitive hemorrhage control, but there is …

BACKGROUND Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTRs) are characterized by
a post‐transfusion temperature rise (of ≥ 1C, to ≥ 38C) or chills/rigors unrelated to the …

Transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO) is one of the leading causes of
transfusion related morbidity and mortality. TACO is the result of hydrostatic pulmonary edema …

… Ladhani aided with data collection and reviewed the manuscript; Christine Cserti-Gazdewich
and Jacob Pendergrast reviewed the manuscript; Yulia Lin aided with data analysis and …

BACKGROUND: Excessive bleeding carries a heavy burden of illness in cardiac surgery.
Although platelet dysfunction is considered to be an important cause, it is not routinely …

BACKGROUND Evaluating the appropriateness of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion requires
labor‐intensive medical chart audits and expert adjudication. We sought to determine the …