Transfusion Medicine Updates
2000 - 200
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Issue #7 Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)
Update 2004
Michael Petzar, MD
Darrell J. Triulzi, MD
Issue #6 Thrombotic Thrombocutopenic Purpura/ Hemolytic Uremiac Syndrome (TTP/HUS) Joseph E. Kiss, MD
Issue #5 ABOut Pretransfusion testing Mark H. Yazer, MD FRCPC
Issue #3 Quantitative D-dimer: Ruling out Venous Thrombosis Andrea Cortese-Hassett, Ph.D.
Issue #2  2004 Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery in ITP Patients: Outcomes Ram Kakaiya, M.D.
Issue #1  2004 Update on Plasma and Cryoprecipitate Transfusion Donald L. Kelly, M.D., MBA
Issue #8  2003 Detection of Bacterial Contamination in Platelet Components Blood Bulletin: Vol. 6, No. 4, DECEMBER 2003
Issue #7  2003 Pathogen Inactivation of Blood Products Mark Fung, M.D., Ph.D.
Darrell Triulzi, M.D.
Issue #6  2003 Hyperhomocysteinemia Andrea Cortese Hassett Ph.D.
Issue #5  2003 TMU Special Edition: The Transfusion Trigger Updated: Current Indications for Red Cell Therapy Blood Bulletin: Vol. 6, No. 2, JULY 2003
Issue #4  2003 West Nile Virus and Blood Transfusion Lirong Qu, MD, PhD
Darrell J. Triulzi, MD
Issue #3  2003 Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: Controversies re: Transfusing Crossmatch-Incompatible Blood Ram Kakaiya, MD
 
Issue #2  2003 Pathogen Inactivation of Blood Products Mark Fung, M.D., Ph.D.
Darrell J. Triulzi, M.D.
Issue #1  2003 Acute, Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions Ileana Lopez-Plaza, M.D.
Issue #5  2002 Platelet Function Testing Andrea Cortese Hassett, Ph.D.
ITxM Diagnostics Chief Science Officer
Issue #4  2002 New Therapy For Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Ram Kakaiya, M.D.,
Medical Director
LifeSource Blood Center
Issue #3 2002 DIC, Sepsis, Inflammation and Activated Protein C (APC)

Kimberly Schlesinger, M.D. Hematology Fellow
University of Pittsburgh

Margaret Ragni, M.D.
Director
Hemophilia Center of Western PA

Issue #2  2002

NEW ANTICOAGULANTS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Joseph E. Kiss, M.D.,
Medical Director, Hemapheresis & Blood Services

Senior Staff Physician, Coagulation Laboratory

Issue #1 2002 Laboratory Evaluation of Thrombophilia in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Kathleen E. Puca, M.D.
ITxM Fellow
December 2001

Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (“TRALI”)

Marcus B. Simpson, M.D.
Medical Director, Centralized Transfusion Service
June / July 2001 Evaluation and Management of Platelet Refractoriness Ileana Lopez-Plaza, M.D.
May 2001 The Lupus Anticoagulant - An Update Franklin A. Bontempo, M.D.
Medical Director
Coagulation Laboratory
April 2001 Transfusion Support in Solid Organ Transplantation Darrell J. Triulzi, M.D.
Medical Director
February 2001 Bacterial Contamination of Cellular Blood Products Theresa Nester, M.D. and

Ileana Lopez Plaza, M.D.
Associate Medical Director
Centralized Transfusion Service
January 2001 Activated Protein C Resistance Andrea Cortese-Hassett, Ph.D.    and
Franklin A. Bontempo, M.D.
November/
December 2000
Blood Substitutes Theresa Nester, M.D. and
Marcus Simpson, M.D.
October 2000 Indirect and Direct Antiglobulin (Coombs) Testing and the Crossmatch Darrell J. Triulzi, M.D.
Medical Director
August 2000  Use of Staphylococcal Protein A (SPA) Immunoadsorption in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Joseph Kiss, M.D.
Medical Director, Hemapheresis and Blood Services
July 2000 Closure Time
Platelet Function Screening
Andrea Cortese Hassett, PhD.

Franklin A. Bontempo, M.D.
May 2000 A Practical Approach To Blood Component Transfusion Therapy Ileana Lopez Plaza, M.D.
Associate Medical Director
Centralized Transfusion Service
March / April 2000 Leukoreduction  Darrell J. Triulzi. M.D.
Medical Director
Centralized Transfusion Service
February 2000

D-dimer Testing and Acute Venous Thromboembolism  

Andrea Cortese Hassett,Ph.D.
Medical Director, Coagulation Laboratory

January 2000

Antiplatelet Agents

Franklin A. Bontempo,  M.D.,  Medical Director, Coagulation Laboratory

Pre - 2000 TMU Archive