Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Eluates from DAT-positive patients with or without hemolysis after high-dose IVIG yield predominantly IgG isoagglutinins of IgG2 subclass Yung GP, Seebach JD, Baerenzung N, Pendergrast J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Branch DR 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Système Diego : l’anticorps anti-Dia Meunier D, Peng S, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopoïétiques de sang de cordon ombilical Jenkins C 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Cells, Tissues and Organs and the Risk of Transmission Through Transplantation Gaussen A, Hornby L, Rockl G, O'Brien S, Delage G, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Drews SJ, Weiss MJ, Lewin A 2021 Transplantation View Health care providers Clinical research
International survey on Helicobacter pylori testing in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: Communication of the platelet immunology scientific and standardization committee Vishnu P, Duncan J, Connell N, Cooper N, Lim W, Rodeghiero F, Tomiyama Y, Grace RF, Bakchoul T, Arnold DM 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Platelet autoantibodies in the bone marrow of patients with immune thrombocytopenia Shrestha S, Nazy I, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
Rapport de surveillance 2020 O'Brien S 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Anaphylactic transfusion reactions and IgA deficiency Khandelwal A, Clarke G, Goldman M 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT): Update on diagnosis and management considering different resources Greinacher A, Langer F, Makris M, Pai M, Pavord S, Tran H, Warkentin TE 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Using Blood Wisely One Year Later – Ontario Hospitals Stepping Up to the Challenge Day D, Lin Y 2021 Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network September 2021 Newsletter View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized controlled trial Bégin P, Callum J, Jamula E, Cook R, Heddle NM, Tinmouth A, Zeller MP, Beaudoin-Bussières G, Amorim L, Bazin R, Loftsgard KC, Carl R, Chassé M, Cushing MM, Daneman N, Devine DV, Dumaresq J, Fergusson DA, Gabe C, Glesby MJ, Li N, Liu Y, McGeer A, Robitaille N, Sachais BS, Scales DC, Schwartz L, Shehata N, Turgeon AF, Wood H, Zarychanski R, Finzi A, Marceau D, Huang A, Carr H, Lin Y, Lall R, Graham C, Arsenault C, Sales V, Sidhu D, Semret M, Hamm C, Arhanchiague E, Solh Z, Srour N, Soliman K, Yee C, Laroche V, Nahirniak S, Greenaway C, Pai M, Côté A, Tsang JLY, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Talbot D, Poulin S, Guimaraes R, Rushton-Marovac M, Langlois A, Ning S, Shih A, Boileau M, Singh H, Ledingham D, Ponnampalam A, Yan M, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Poirier A, Girouard G, Pavenski K, Drouin O, Harris D, Durand M, Rimmer E, Ovakim D, Ménard F, Cuccarolo G, Carruthers J, Lucier K, Arsenault V, Auclair M-C, Avram M, Brassard M, Cerro S, Martinez V, Morin J, Saint-Jacques M, Veillette M, Armali C, Kron A, Modi D, Duncan J, Justumus P, John MS, St-Onge G, Hadzi-Tosev M, Dion P-M, McGillivary L, de Moulliac AV, Nyman SA, Perilli S, Van Vliet PJ, Lane S, Pavenski K, Pereira R, Sirotich E, Abelson J, Greene S, Khandelwal A, Thakar S, Longo S, Anand SP, Benlarbi M, Bourassa C, Boutin M, Descôteaux-Dinelle J, Gendron-Lepage G, Goyette G, Laumaea A, Medjahed H, Prévost J, Richard J, Kaufmann D, Brunet-Ratnasingham E, Chaumont N, Drebot M, Robinson A, Mendoza E, Dimitrova K, Manguiat K, Phillipson C, Chan M, Evans D, Lin J, Boyer L, Cloutier M, Drouin M, Ducas É, Dussault N, Fournier M-J, Landy P, Nolin M-È, Perreault J, Tremblay T, Nazy I, Xie F, Liu D, Wong M, Silverio G, Walkus K, Barton M, Haveman K, Mueller D, Scott A, Moher M, Wood G, Roarty T, Auld F, Carney G, Thomson V, Onell R, Walley K, Donohoe K, Brunk C, Hernandez G, Jacobucci T, Lazosky L, Mann P, Raval G, Zampieri LA, Sekhon M, Wright A, James N, Chang G, Chen R, Deol K, Gantioqui J, Larsen E, Ramdin N, Roche M, Rosinski K, Sham L, Storms M, Gillrie M, Mahe E, Suryanarayan D, Ugarte-Torres A, Robinson T, Gibbs M, Hewsgirard J, Holmes M, McCarthy J, Ody M, Doucette K, Sligl W, Sonpar A, Robertson K, Narayan J, Ravindran L, Stewart B, Zapernick L, Lee S, Sy E, Wong A, Gryzb K, Craddock S, Fuchs D, Myrah D, Sunny S, Harding SR, Kogilwaimath S, Hodgson N, Johnson D, Meier S, Thomson K, Heendeniya A, Houston B, Kenyan Y, Lother S, Olafson K, Rush B, Wuerz T, Solvason D, Albensi L, Alias S, Choi N, Curtis L, Hutmacher M, Kashani H, Lane D, Marten N, Pronyk-Ward T, Rigaux L, Silva R, Tays Q, Naidu R, Mathews J, Mai M, Miceli V, Molson L, Radhakrishnan G, Schaefer L, Haddad M, Landry S, Chernish R, Kruisselbrink R, Liu T, Jeromin J, Siddiqui A, Girolametto C, Krokoszynski K, Main C, Fox-Robichaud A, Rochwerg B, Kruja E, Ellingham D, Sampat D, Tang N, Leto D, Karunakaran M, Ricciuto D, Fusco K, Ghate T, Robinson H, Ball I, Shalhoub S, Slessarev M, Silverman M, Nano E, Bentall T, Campbell E, Kinney J, Parvathy S, Fera E, Delfa AL, Nadarajah J, Solow H, Mendoza E, Engel K, Monaco D, Kononow L, Suntharalingam S, Fralick M, Munshi L, Saeed S, Hajjaj O, Hsu E, Ali K, Duan E, Farjou G, Jenson L, Salib M, Patterson L, Anant S, Ding J, Jomy J, Das P, Geagea A, the Concor-Study Group 2021 Nat Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Cytomegalovirus Seropositivity in Older Adults Changes the T Cell Repertoire but Does Not Prevent Antibody or Cellular Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Breznik JA, Huynh A, Zhang A, Bilaver L, Bhakta H, Stacey HD, Ang JC, Bramson JL, Nazy I, Miller MS, Denburg J, Costa AP, Bowdish DME 2022 J Immunol View Health care providers Clinical research
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells (HPC), Cord Blood Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Albumin Nahirniak S 2015 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Group O RBCs: where is universal donor blood being used Barty RL, Pai M, Liu Y, Arnold DM, Cook RJ, Zeller MP, Heddle NM 2017 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Hyperosmolar therapy in severe traumatic brain injury: a survey of emergency physicians from a large Canadian province Berger Pelletier E, Emond M, Lauzier F, Savard M, Turgeon AF 2014 PLoS One View Health care providers Other
Importance of factors influencing the decision to proceed with cord blood transplantation in adults: results of a web-based survey of the Canadian transplant community Chan JY, Tay J, Allan DS 2013 Bone Marrow Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Long-term graft function following autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation and the impact of preemptive plerixafor in predicted poor mobilizers Visram A, Bredeson C, Allan D, Sabloff M, Huebsch L, Tay J, Kekre N, McDiarmid S, Mallick R, Tinmouth A, Martin L, Hamelin L, Maze D 2018 Blood Cancer J View Health care providers Clinical research
Outbreak of shigellosis in a homeless shelter with healthcare worker transmission - British Columbia, April 2015 Murti M, Louie K, Bigham M, Hoang LMN 2015 Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol View Health care providers Clinical research
Severe bleeding events in adults and children with primary immune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review Neunert C, Noroozi N, Norman G, Buchanan GR, Goy J, Nazi I, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2015 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
The platelet serotonin-release assay Warkentin TE, Arnold DM, Nazi I, Kelton JG 2015 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Assignment of cytomegalovirus infection status in infants awaiting solid organ transplant: Viral detection methods as adjuncts to serology Burton CE, Dragan T, Mabilangan CA, O'Brien SF, Fearon M, Scalia V, Preiksaitis JK 2018 Pediatr Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Fractionated blood products and associated pathogen safety Bigham M 2019 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Major reductions in unnecessary aspartate aminotransferase and blood urea nitrogen tests with a quality improvement initiative Strauss R, Cressman A, Cheung M, Weinerman A, Waldman S, Etchells E, Zahirieh A, Tartaro P, Tezmovitz J, Callum J 2019 BMJ Quality & Safety View Health care providers Clinical research
Rapport de surveillance 2018 O'Brien S 2019 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Transfusion Camp: a prospective evaluation of a transfusion education program for multispecialty postgraduate trainees Lin Y, Tilokee E, Chargé S, Alam A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lau W, Lee C, Lieberman L, Nixon P, Owens W, Pavenski K, Pendergrast J, Saidenberg E, Shehata N, Skeate R, Yi Q-L, Conrad D, Dudebout J, Hsia CC, Murphy M, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Shah A, Solh Z, Trudeau J, Zeller MP, Callum J 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Colloid Transfusion, Natural Anticoagulant Depletion, and Symmetric Peripheral Gangrene Warkentin TE, Ning S, Lim W 2020 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Diagnostic approach to the adult with unexplained thrombocytopenia Arnold D, Cuker A 2021 UptoDate View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Guidance for the procurement of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: differences between high- and low-middle-income countries Bloch EM, Goel R, Wendel S, Burnouf T, Al-Riyami AZ, Ang AL, DeAngelis V, Dumont LJ, Land K, Lee CK, Oreh A, Patidar G, Spitalnik SL, Vermeulen M, Hindawi S, Van den Berg K, Tiberghien P, Vrielink H, Young P, Devine D, So-Osman C 2020 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Limitations of the particle immunofiltration assay test for diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Cook RJ, Greinacher A 2020 Am J Hematol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Proposal of the Definition for COVID-19-Associated Coagulopathy Iba T, Warkentin TE, Thachil J, Levi M, Levy JH 2021 J Clin Med View Health care providers Clinical research
TACO-BEL-3: a feasibility study and a retrospective audit of diuretics for patients receiving blood transfusion at ten hospitals Khandelwal A, Lin Y, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Al Moosawi M, Armali C, Arnold D, Callum J, Dallas KL, Lieberman L, Pavenski K, Rioux-Massé B, Shehata N, Shih AW, Pendergrast J 2020 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
How to use low-molecular-weight heparin to treat neonatal thrombosis in clinical practice Ting J, Yeung K, Paes B, Chan AKC, Petropoulos JA, Banfield L, Bhatt MD 2021 Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis View Health care providers Clinical research
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence: Navigating the absence of a gold standard Saeed S, O’Brien SF, Abe K, Yi Q-L, Rathod B, Wang J, Fazel-Zarandi M, Tuite A, Fisman D, Wood H, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Drews SJ 2021 PLoS One View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Chapter 2. Blood components Gupta A, Bigham M 2023 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The transfusion-associated dyspnea prospective observation and laboratory assessment study: a protocol for investigating and disambiguating cardiopulmonary and high-grade febrile transfusion reactions in adults McVey M, Saeed S, Siddiqui R, Armali C, Kron A, Branch D, Brinc D, Zhang L, Shehata N, Pavenski K, Gupta A, Lin Y, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C 2023 Int J Clin Trials View Health care providers Clinical research
Chapter 5. Concentrates for hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2022 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Acetylsalicyclic acid for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic diseases Webert K, Kelton J 2016 Aspirin and related drugs View Health care providers Clinical research
Circulatory Death Determination in Uncontrolled Organ Donors: A Panel Viewpoint Bernat JL, Bleck TP, Blosser SA, Bratton SL, Capron AM, Cornell D, Devita MA, Fulda GJ, Glazier AK, Gries CJ, Mathur M, Nakagawa TA, Shemie SD 2014 Ann Emerg Med View Health care providers Other
Hemostatic Disorders Poon MC, Goodyear MD, Lee A 2015 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Isolated bone marrow Hodgkin Lymphoma in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient: a second case Cacoub L, Touati S, Yver M, Frayfer J, Abarah W, Andre-Kerneis E, Branch DR, Forceville X, Fouillard L 2013 Leuk Lymphoma View Health care providers Clinical research
New RHD variant alleles Garcia F, Rodriguez M-A, Goldman M, Azcarate M-N, Rodriguez M-I, Muniz-Diaz E, Puente F, Alshatti H, Haimila K, Molano A, Garaizar A, Ochoa-Garay G 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Preoperative Autologous Donation Lesley P, Clarke G 2013 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Quality of red blood cells washed using a second wash sequence on an automated cell processor Hansen AL, Turner TR, Kurach JDR, Acker JP 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Risk of exposure to blood products during pregnancy: guidance for Zika and other donor deferral policies Murphy MS, Shehata N, Colas JA, Chassé M, Fergusson DA, O'Brien SF, Goldman M, Tinmouth A, Forster AJ, Wilson K 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Tailoring treatment of haemophilia B: accounting for the distribution and clearance of standard and extended half-life FIX concentrates Iorio A, Fischer K, Blanchette V, Rangarajan S, Young G, Morfini M 2017 Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Viruses Causing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Charlton CL, Babady E, Ginocchio CC, Hatchette TF, Jerris RC, Li Y, Loeffelholz M, McCarter YS, Miller MB, Novak-Weekley S, Schuetz AN, Tang Y-W, Widen R, Drews SJ 2018 Clin Microbiol Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Hemostatic Disorders and Hereditary Angioedema Poon MC, Goodyear MD, Rydz N, Lee A 2018 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for sickle cell disease: cardiopulmonary and kidney disease Liem RI, Lanzkron S, T DC, DeCastro L, Desai AA, Ataga KI, Cohen RT, Haynes J, Osunkwo I, Lebensburger JD, Lash JP, Wun T, Verhovsek M, Ontala E, Blaylark R, Alahdab F, Katabi A, Mustafa RA 2019 Blood Adv View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Sélection des donneurs, dépistage des maladies transmissibles et réduction des agents pathogènes Goldman M, Drews S, Devine D 2019 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting