Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Sort ascending Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Chapter 16: Preoperative autologous donation Foster T, Yan M 2021 Clinical Guide to Transfusion Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Meta-Analysis of Risk of Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Following ChAdOx1-S Recombinant Vaccine Chan BT, Bobos P, Odutayo A, Pai M 2021 medRxiv Researchers Clinical research
The Effect of Sex-Mismatched Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Endothelial Cell Activation in Critically Ill Patients Alshalani A, van Manen L, Boshuizen M, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2021 Transfus Med Hemotherapy Researchers Clinical research
Could antigen loss be a potential mechanism to explain antibody-mediated immune suppression? Cruz-Leal Y, Lazarus AH 2021 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
Industry, experts and the role of the ‘invisible college’ in the dissemination of non-invasive prenatal testing in the US Holloway K, Miller FA, Simms N 2021 Soc Sci Med Researchers Ethical, legal and social implications research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopoïétiques de sang de cordon ombilical Stewart T 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Improving Medical Education in Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Canada: Standards and Limitations Laureano M, Mithoowani S, Tseng E, Zeller M 2021 Adv Med Educ Pract Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Chapitre 6: Sélection des donneurs, dépistage des maladies transmissibles et réduction des agents pathogènes Drews S, Khandelwal A, Goldman M, Devine D 2021 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Plasma components Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A decision integration strategy for short-term demand forecasting and ordering for red blood cell components Li N, Chiang F, Down DG, Heddle NM 2021 Oper Res Health Care Health care providers New or improved product or process
Potentially clinically significant anti-Dib identified by monocyte monolayer assay before transfusion Branch DR, Holton MB, Ison T, Cote J, Dube C, Lau W 2021 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
Serotonin-release assay-positive but platelet factor 4-dependent enzyme-immunoassay negative: HIT or not HIT? Warkentin TE, Smythe MA, Ali MA, Aslam N, Sheppard JI, Smith JW, Moore JC, Arnold DM, Nazy I 2021 Am J Hematol Researchers Clinical research
Non-invasive monitoring of red blood cells during cold storage using handheld Raman spectroscopy Vardaki MZ, Schulze HG, Serrano K, Blades MW, Devine DV, Turner RFB 2021 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
Lessons from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Kelton JG, Arnold DM, Nazy I 2021 Nat Rev Immunol Researchers Clinical research
How do I think about blood donor eligibility criteria for medical conditions? Goldman M 2021 Transfusion Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: A proposed mechanism for vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia Batarfi K 2021 Blood.ca website Researchers Clinical research
Dupilumab, severe asthma airway responses, and SARS-CoV-2 serology Bhalla A, Mukherjee M, Radford K, Nazy I, Kjarsgaard M, Bowdish DME, Nair P 2021 Allergy Health care providers Basic research
Quality of evidence-based guidelines for platelet transfusion and use: A systematic review Al-Riyami AZ, Jug R, La Rocca U, Keshavarz H, Landry D, Shehata N, Stanworth SJ, Nahirniak S 2021 Transfusion Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Themed issue – focusing on donor assessment, motivation and vigilance O’Brien SF, Ullum H, Seed CR 2021 Vox Sang Researchers New or improved product or process
Adverse reactions reporting Yan M 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Factor product utilization and health outcomes in patients with haemophilia A and B on extended half-life concentrates: A Canadian observational study of real-world outcomes Sun H, Yang M, Poon M-C, Lee A, Robinson KS, Sholzberg M, Wu J, Iorio A, Blanchette V, Carcao M, Klaassen RJ, Jackson S 2021 Haemophilia Researchers Clinical research
Challenging the 30-min rule for thawed plasma Ramirez-Arcos S, Howell A, Bearne J, Bhakta V, Bower L, Cardigan R, Girard M, Kou Y, McDonald C, Nolin M-È, Sawicka D, Sheffield W 2021 Vox Sang Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
What constitutes the most cautious approach for a pregnant person with weak D type 4.0? Lieberman L, Flegel W, Bodnar M, Clarke G, Hannon J 2021 CMAJ Open Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
ABO blood group and COVID-19: a review on behalf of the ISBT COVID-19 working group Goel R, Bloch EM, Pirenne F, Al-Riyami AZ, Crowe E, Dau L, Land K, Townsend M, Jecko T, Rahimi-Levene N, Patidar G, Josephson CD, Arora S, Vermeulen M, Vrielink H, Montemayor C, Oreh A, Hindawi S, van den Berg K, Serrano K, So – Osman C, Wood E, Devine DV, Spitalnik SL, the ISBT COVID-19 Working Group 2021 Vox Sang Researchers Clinical research
Evaluating the appropriateness of platelet transfusions compared with evidence-based platelet guidelines: An audit of platelet transfusions at 57 hospitals Hill-Strathy M, Pinkerton PH, Thompson TA, Wendt A, Collins A, Cohen R, WO BC, Cameron T, Lin Y, Lau W, Lieberman L, Callum J 2021 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Risk analysis of transfusion of cryoprecipitate without consideration of ABO group Hadjesfandiari N, Levin E, Serrano K, Yi Q-L, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells (HPC) Cord Blood Stewart T 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Clotting factor concentrates for preventing bleeding and bleeding-related complications in previously treated individuals with haemophilia A or B Olasupo OO, Lowe MS, Krishan A, Collins P, Iorio A, Matino D 2021 Cochrane Database Syst Rev Health care providers Clinical research
Chapter 6: Donor selection, donor testing and pathogen reduction Drews S, Khandelwal A, Goldman M, Devine D 2021 Clinical Guide to Transfusion Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Estimating the impact on the inventory of implementing pathogen-reduced platelets in Canada Blake JT, McTaggart K, Couture C 2021 Transfusion Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Platelets Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
FcgammaRI and FcgammaRIII on splenic macrophages mediate phagocytosis of anti-glycoprotein IIb/IIIa autoantibody-opsonized platelets in immune thrombocytopenia Norris PAA, Segel GB, Burack WR, Sachs UJ, Lissenberg-Thunnissen SN, Vidarsson G, Bayat B, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Callum J, Lin Y, Branch D, Kapur R, Semple JW, Lazarus AH 2021 Haematologica Researchers Basic research
Pragmatic, double-blind, randomised trial evaluating the impact of red blood cell donor sex on recipient mortality in an academic hospital population: the innovative Trial Assessing Donor Sex (iTADS) protocol Fergusson DA, Chassé M, Tinmouth A, Acker JP, English S, Forster AJ, Hawken S, Shehata N, Thavorn K, Wilson K, Tuttle A, Perelman I, Cober N, Maddison H, Tokessy M 2021 BMJ Open Researchers Clinical research
DNA Mediated Blood Coagulation: Extracellular DNA Accelerates Fibrinogen Polymerization By Thrombin Independent of Contact Pathway Vappala S, Straus S, Pryzdial EL, Conway E, Kizhakkedathu J 2021 Blood Researchers Basic research
Reconstituted cryopreserved platelets synthesize proteins during short-term storage and packaging a defined subset into microvesicles Schubert P, Johnson L, Culibrk B, Chen Z, Tan S, Marks DC, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
Major clinical trial finds convalescent plasma does not help patients with COVID-19 Modi D 2021 Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network December 2021 Newsletter Health care providers Clinical research
A Higher Antibody Response Is Generated With a 6- to 7-Week (vs Standard) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccine Dosing Interval Grunau B, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Lavoie PM, Karim ME, Kirkham TL, Demers PA, Barakauskas V, Marquez AC, Jassem AN, O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Haig S, Cheskes S, Goldfarb DM 2021 Clin Infect Dis Researchers Clinical research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, Coombs D, O’Reilly C, Sediqi S, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2021 medRxiv Researchers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Transfusion de plaquettes chez les enfants atteints de cancer Barty R 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A Higher Antibody Response Is Generated With a 6- to 7-Week (vs Standard) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccine Dosing Interval Grunau B, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Lavoie PM, Karim ME, Kirkham TL, Demers PA, Barakauskas V, Marquez AC, Jassem AN, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ, Haig S, Cheskes S, Goldfarb DM 2021 Clin Infect Dis Researchers Clinical research
Compliance with the massive hemorrhage protocol in trauma: a retrospective quality review Khayyat H, Callum JL, Hill-Strathy M, Strauss R, Notario L, Nathens A, da Luz L 2021 Can J Anaesth Health care providers Clinical research
Registration errors among patients receiving blood transfusions: a national analysis from 2008 to 2017 Vijenthira S, Armali C, Downie H, Wilson A, Paton K, Berry B, Wu HX, Robitaille A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Callum J 2021 Vox Sang Health care providers Clinical research
Successful prenatal therapy for anti-CD36-mediated severe FNAIT by deglycosylated antibodies in a novel murine model Xu X, Chen D, Ye X, Xia W, Xu Y, Chen Y, Shao Y, Deng J, Ding H, Liu J, Wang J, Ni H, Fu Y, Santoso S 2021 Blood Researchers Basic research
Evaluating the Tactical Combat Casualty Care principles in civilian and military settings: systematic review, knowledge gap analysis and recommendations for future research Strauss R, Menchetti I, Perrier L, Blondal E, Peng H, Sullivan-Kwantes W, Tien H, Nathens A, Beckett A, Callum J, da Luz LT 2021 Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Health care providers Clinical research
Chapitre 15: Composants sanguins négatifs pour les anti-CMV, irradiés et lavéss Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Solh Z 2021 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
COVID-19 Case Age Distribution: Correction for Differential Testing by Age Fisman DN, Greer A, Brankston G, Hillmer M, O'Brien SF, Drews S, Tuite AR 2021 Ann Intern Med Researchers Clinical research
Ketamine administration for acute painful sickle cell crisis: A randomized controlled trial Alshahrani MS, AlSulaibikh AH, ElTahan MR, AlFaraj SZ, Asonto LP, AlMulhim AA, AlAbbad MF, Almaghraby N, AlJumaan MA, AlJunaid TO, Darweesh MN, AlHawaj FM, Mahmoud AM, Alossaimi BK, Alotaibi SK, AlMutairi TM, AlSulaiman Pharm DD, Alfaraj D, Alhawwas R, Mbuagbaw L, Lewis K, Verhovsek M, Crowther M, Guyatt G, Alhazzani W 2021 Acad Emerg Med Researchers Clinical research
COVID-19 convalescent plasma: Interim recommendations from the AABB Cohn CS, Estcourt L, Grossman BJ, Pagano MB, Allen ES, Bloch EM, Casadevall A, Devine DV, Dunbar NM, Foroutan F, Gniadek TJ, Goel R, Gorlin J, Joyner MJ, Metcalf RA, Raval JS, Rice TW, Shaz BH, Vassallo RR, Winters JL, Beaudoin G, Tobian AAR 2021 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)/post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) deferral policy among blood donors Saeed S, Goldman M, Uzicanin S, O'Brien SF 2021 Transfusion Blood operators New or improved product or process
Persistence of CRISPR/Cas9 gene edited hematopoietic stem cells following transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies Maganti HB, Bailey AJM, Kirkham AM, Shorr R, Pineault N, Allan DS 2021 Stem Cells Transl Med Researchers Basic research