Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Defining certainty of net benefit: a GRADE concept paper Alper BS, Oettgen P, Kunnamo I, Iorio A, Ansari MT, Murad MH, Meerpohl JJ, Qaseem A, Hultcrantz M, Schunemann HJ, Guyatt G, GRADE Working Group 2019 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Human red blood cell stroma: an alternative to traditional allogeneic adsorption methods Wilson EM, Branch DR 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Neutrophil and Monocyte Counts in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Hui M, Sheppard JI, Li N, Warkentin TE 2019 Thromb Haemost 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
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
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or IVIg-treated macrophages reduce DSS-induced colitis by inducing macrophage IL-10 production Kozicky LK, Menzies SC, Hotte N, Madsen KL, Sly LM 2019 Eur J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Platelet rich plasma in treatment of musculoskeletal pathologies Mehrabani D, Seghatchian J, Acker JP 2019 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Basic research
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
The effect of tantalum incorporation on the physical and chemical properties of ternary silicon–calcium–phosphorous mesoporous bioactive glasses Mendonca A, Rahman MS, Alhalawani A, Rodriguez O, Gallant RC, Ni H, Clarkin OM, Towler MR 2019 J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater View Researchers Basic research
Trends and outcomes in multicomponent blood transfusion: an 11-year cohort study of a large multisite academic center Perelman I, Saidenberg E, Tinmouth A, Fergusson D 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Comparative pharmacokinetics of two extended half-life FVIII concentrates (Eloctate and Adynovate) in adolescents with hemophilia A: Is there a difference? Carcao MD, Chelle P, Clarke E, Kim L, Tiseo L, Morfini M, Hossain T, Rand ML, Brown C, Edginton AN, Lillicrap D, Iorio A, Blanchette VS 2019 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers 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
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
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
Not all red cell concentrate units are equivalent: international survey of processing and in vitro quality data Shih AW, Apelseth TO, Cardigan R, Marks DC, Bégué S, Greinacher A, de Korte D, Seltsam A, Shaz BH, Wikman A, Barty RL, Heddle NM, Acker JP, The QMiP Investigators on behalf of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2019 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Système Diego : l’anticorps anti-Wra Meunier D, Peng S, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Acquired Thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Mithoowani S, Arnold DM 2019 Concise Guide to Hematology View Other Other
Changing the deferral for men who have sex with men - an improved model to estimate HIV residual risk Davison KL, Gregoire Y, Germain M, Custer B, O'Brien SF, Steele WR, Pillonel J, Seed CR 2019 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Ironing out frequent blood donation Devine DV 2019 Lancet Haematol View Researchers New or improved product or process
Safety of blood donation by individuals over age 70 and their contribution to the blood supply in five developed countries: a BEST Collaborative group study Goldman M, Germain M, Gregoire Y, Vassallo RR, Kamel H, Bravo M, Irving DO, Di Angelantonio E, Steele WR, O'Brien SF, for the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative (BEST) Investigators 2019 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
45 - Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Kaplan C, Bertrand G, Ni H 2019 Platelets (Fourth Edition) View Researchers New or improved product or process
Translating red cell "omics" into new perspectives in transfusion medicine: mining the gems in the data mountains Spitalnik SL, Devine DV 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Other
Gay and bisexual men’s views on reforming blood donation policy in Canada: a qualitative study Grace D, Gaspar M, Lessard D, Klassen B, Brennan DJ, Adam BD, Jollimore J, Lachowsky NJ, Hart TA 2019 BMC Public Health View Researchers Other
Management of iron deficiency Ning S, Zeller MP 2019 Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program View Health care providers Clinical research
Réduction des agents pathogènes dans les produits de fractionnement Bigham M 2019 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Serologic assessments in acute transfusion reactions: practices and yields Cohen R, Lima A, Escorcia A, Tasmin F, Lin Y, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C 2019 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Massive hemorrhage protocol survey: Marked variability and absent in one-third of hospitals in Ontario, Canada Chin V, Cope S, Yeh CH, Thompson T, Nascimento B, Pavenski K, Callum J 2019 Injury View Health care providers Clinical research
The sensitivity and specificity of platelet autoantibody testing in immune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of a diagnostic test Vrbensky JR, Moore JE, Arnold DM, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Nazy I 2019 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Assessing the Vascular Deformability of Erythrocytes and Leukocytes: From Micropipettes to Microfluidics Scott M, Mathews K, Ma H 2019 Current and Future Aspects of Nanomedicine View Researchers Basic research
One step closer': Acceptability of a programme of plasma donation for fractionation from men who have sex with men Caruso J, Germain M, Godin G, Myhal G, Pronovost P, Morin M, Otis J 2019 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Système Kell : l’anticorps anti-Jsa Meunier D, Peng S, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: One in a million: Modelling rare blood flow Blake J, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Researchers Clinical research
Reducing red blood cell folate testing: a case study in utilisation management Ismail O, Chin-Yee I, Gob A, Bhayana V, Rutledge A 2019 BMJ Open Quality View Researchers Basic research
Children under 10 years of age were more affected by the 2018/19 influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 epidemic in Canada: ?possible cohort effect following the 2009 influenza pandemic Skowronski DM, Leir S, De Serres G, Murti M, Dickinson JA, Winter A-L, Olsha R, Croxen MA, Drews SJ, Charest H, Martineau C, Sabaiduc S, Bastien N, Li Y, Petric M, Jassem A, Krajden M, Gubbay JB 2019 Euro Surveill View Health care providers Clinical research
An enzymatic pathway in the human gut microbiome that converts A to universal O type blood Rahfeld P, Sim L, Moon H, Constantinescu I, Morgan-Lang C, Hallam SJ, Kizhakkedathu JN, Withers SG 2019 Nat Microbiol View Researchers Basic research
Population pharmacokinetics of two recombinant human coagulation factor preparations in patients with hemophilia A Hua BL, Chelle P, Yeung C, Gu J, Zhao YQ, Iorio A 2019 Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi View Researchers Clinical research
Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury in the Perioperative Patient McVey MJ, Kapur R, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Semple JW, Karkouti K, Kuebler WM 2019 Anesthesiology View Health care providers Clinical research
Addressing the identity crisis in healthcare: positive patient identification technology reduces wrong patient events Callum J, Etchells E, Shojania K 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Patient Blood Management: Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference Mueller MM, Van Remoortel H, Meybohm P, Aranko K, Aubron C, Burger R, Carson JL, Cichutek K, De Buck E, Devine D, Fergusson D, Folléa G, French C, Frey KP, Gammon R, Levy JH, Murphy MF, Ozier Y, Pavenski K, So-Osman C, Tiberghien P, Volmink J, Waters JH, Wood EM, Seifried E, ICC PBM Frankfurt Group 2019 JAMA View Researchers Clinical research
Impact of Adopting Population Pharmacokinetics for Tailoring Prophylaxis in Haemophilia A Patients: A Historically Controlled Observational Study Stemberger M, Kallenbach F, Schmit E, McEneny-King A, Germini F, Yeung CHT, Edginton AN, von Mackensen S, Kurnik K, Iorio A 2019 Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Combattre l'inflammation par l'inflammation Lazarus A 2019 Blood.ca website View Researchers Clinical research
Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men Call for Equity and Evidence in Blood Donation Policy Grace D, Gaspar M, Lessard D, Klassen B, Brennan D, Adam B, Cox J, Moore D, Lambert G, Jollimore J, Lachowksy N, Hart T 2019 ENGAGE website View Other Other
A regional massive hemorrhage protocol developed through a modified Delphi technique Callum JL, Yeh CH, Petrosoniak A, McVey MJ, Cope S, Thompson T, Chin V, Karkouti K, Nathens AB, Murto K, Beno S, Pendergrast J, McDonald A, MacDonald R, Adhikari NKJ, Alam A, Arnold D, Barratt L, Beckett A, Brenneman S, Chaudhry HR, Collins A, Harvey M, Lampron J, Margarido C, McFarlan A, Nascimento B, Owens W, Pai M, Rizoli S, Ruijs T, Skeate R, Skelton T, Sholzberg M, Syer K, Viveiros JL, Theriault J, Tinmouth A, Van Heest R, White S, Zeller M, Pavenski K 2019 CMAJ Open View Health care providers Clinical research
Sex-mismatched red blood cell transfusions and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis Zeller MP, Rochwerg B, Jamula E, Li N, Hillis C, Acker JP, Runciman RJR, Lane SJ, Ahmed N, Arnold DM, Heddle NM 2019 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
What is the role of rapid molecular testing for seniors and other at-risk adults with respiratory syncytial virus infections? Drews SJ, Branche AR, Falsey AR, Lee N 2019 J Clin Virol View Health care providers Clinical research
Genomic data in prognostic models-what is lost in translation? The case of deletion 17p and mutant TP53 in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia Chin-Yee B, Sadikovic B, Chin-Yee I 2019 Br J Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia: Patient Information International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2019 ICTMG.org website View Other Other
The association between influenza vaccination and socioeconomic status in high income countries varies by the measure used: a systematic review Lucyk K, Simmonds KA, Lorenzetti DL, Drews SJ, Svenson LW, Russell ML 2019 BMC Med Red Methodol View Researchers Clinical research