Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Red blood cell processing methods and in-hospital mortality: a transfusion registry cohort study Heddle NM, Arnold DM, Acker JP, Liu Y, Barty RL, Eikelboom JW, Webert KE, Hsia CC, O'Brien SF, Cook RJ 2016 Lancet Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
A trial to determine whether septic shock-reversal is quicker in pediatric patients randomized to an early goal-directed fluid-sparing strategy versus usual care (SQUEEZE): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial Parker MJ, Thabane L, Fox-Robichaud A, Liaw P, Choong K 2016 Trials View Researchers Clinical research
Quality and Safety of Blood Products Ramirez-Arcos S, Marks DC, Acker JP, Sheffield WP 2016 J Blood Transfus View Researchers Other
ResearchUnit: Older blood as good as new: no harmful effects of storage time before transfusion Heddle N 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Targeting FcRs to treat antibody-dependent autoimmunity Yu X, Lazarus AH 2016 Autoimmun Rev View Researchers Other
A new diagnosis of Addison's disease with a twist Alhabib M, McAssey K, Parker MJ 2016 J Endocrinol Diabetes View Health care providers Clinical research
Assessing the Rationale and Effectiveness of Frozen Plasma Transfusions: An Evidence-based Review Tinmouth A 2016 Hematol Oncol Clin North Am View Researchers Clinical research
CD44 Antibody Inhibition of Macrophage Phagocytosis Targets Fc? Receptor– and Complement Receptor 3–Dependent Mechanisms Amash A, Wang L, Wang Y, Bhakta V, Fairn GD, Hou M, Peng J, Sheffield WP, Lazarus AH 2016 J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Coagulation factor concentrates Poon MC 2016 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Peculiarities of studying the effects of pathogen reduction technologies on platelets Osman A, Hitzler WE, Provost P 2016 Proteomics Clin Appl View Researchers Basic research
Platelet Transfusion Practices in the Intensive Care Unit: Data from a Large Transfusion Registry Ning S, Barty R, Liu Y, Heddle NM, Rochwerg B, Arnold DM 2016 Chest View Health care providers Clinical research
Raman spectroscopy as a novel tool for monitoring biochemical changes and inter-donor variability in stored red blood cell units Atkins CG, Buckley K, Chen D, Schulze HG, Devine DV, Blades MW, Turner RFB 2016 Analyst View Researchers New or improved product or process
Stability of coagulation protein activities in single units or pools of cryoprecipitate during storage at 20–24°C for up to 24 h Sheffield WP, Bhakta V, Jenkins C 2016 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
The nonhemostatic immune functions of platelets Kapur R, Semple JW 2016 Semin Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Thrombocytopenic syndromes in pregnancy Yan M, Malinowski AK, Shehata N 2016 Obstet Med View Health care providers Clinical research
A randomized controlled trial comparing the outcome of critically ill adults who received fresher vs. older red cells units Lacroix J, Hébert PC, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Walsh T, Stanworth S, Campbell H, Boyd J, Burrows H, Hemmatapour S, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group 2016 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Clinical research
Changing the 30-min Rule in Canada: The Effect of Room Temperature on Bacterial Growth in Red Blood Cells Ramirez-Arcos S, Kou Y, Ducas É, Thibault L 2016 Transfus Med Hemother View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Difficulties in establishing the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia: An agreement study Salib M, Clayden R, Clare R, Wang G, Warkentin TE, Crowther MA, Lim W, Nazi I, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2016 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Effect of short-term vs. long-term blood storage on mortality after transfusion Heddle NM, Cook RJ, Arnold DM, Liu Y, Barty R, Crowther MA, Devereaux P, Hirsh J, Warkentin TE, Webert KE 2016 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Interpretation of pretransfusion testing in obstetrical patients who have received antepartum Rh immunoglobulin prophylaxis Szkotak AJ, Lunty B, Nahirniak S, Clarke G 2016 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Physical characterization of hematopoietic stem cells using multidirectional label-free light scatterings Shahin H, Gupta M, Janowska-Wieczorek A, Rozmus W, Tsui YY 2016 Optics Express View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Hijacked: the role of platelets in dengue virus infection revealed Pryzdial EL 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Resolving variable maternal D typing using serology and genotyping in selected prenatal patients Clarke G, Hannon J, Berardi P, Barr G, Cote J, Fallis R, Alport T, Lane D, Petraszko T, Ochoa G, Goldman M 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Self-Assembly of a Functional Triple Protein: Hemoglobin-Avidin-Hemoglobin via Biotin–Avidin Interactions Singh S, Kluger R 2016 Biochemistry View Researchers Basic research
AABB Committee Report: reducing transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus infections AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee, Heddle NM, Boeckh M, Grossman B, Jacobson J, Kleinman S, Tobian AAR, Webert K, Wong ECC, Roback JD 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
Best practices in the differential diagnosis and reporting of acute transfusion reactions Heddle N, Hillis C, Shih A 2016 Internat J Clin Transfus Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Platelet concentrate functionality assessed by thromboelastography or rotational thromboelastometry Arbaeen AF, Serrano K, Levin E, Devine DV 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Quality assessment of established and emerging blood components for transfusion Acker J, Marks DC, Sheffield W 2016 J Blood Transfus View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
An evaluation of overall effectiveness and treatment satisfaction with intravenous immunoglobulin among patients with immune thrombocytopenia Sholapur NS, Hamilton K, Butler L, Heddle NM, Arnold DM 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Heterogeneity in Studies of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to Treat or Prevent Graft-versus-Host Disease: A Scoping Review of the Evidence Rizk M, Monaghan M, Shorr R, Kekre N, Bredeson CN, Allan DS 2016 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Researchers Basic research
Platelet transfusion reactions do not occur more often in recipients transfused with apheresis versus buffy coat platelet concentrates Cserti-Gazdewich C, Escorcia A, Pendergrast J, Lieberman L, Skeate R, Lin Y, Callum J 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
The Ottawa criteria for the appropriate use of perioperative blood transfusions in liver resection using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method. Bennett S, Fergusson D, Tinmouth A, McIsaac D, Pawlik T, Hebert P, Mcintyre L, Karanicolas P, Barkun J, Turgeon-Fournier A 2016 Can J Surg View Health care providers Clinical research
A Rapid Screening Assay Identifies Monotherapy with Interferon-ß and Combination Therapies with Nucleoside Analogs as Effective Inhibitors of Ebola Virus McCarthy SDS, Majchrzak-Kita B, Racine T, Kozlowski HN, Baker DP, Hoenen T, Kobinger GP, Fish EN, Branch DR 2016 PLoS Negl Trop Dis View Researchers Basic research
Deformability based sorting of red blood cells improves diagnostic sensitivity for malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum Guo Q, Duffy SP, Matthews K, Deng X, Santoso AT, Islamzada E, Ma H 2016 Lab Chip View Researchers New or improved product or process
Mouse Models for Immune-Mediated Platelet Destruction or Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Neschadim A, Branch DR 2016 Curr Protoc Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Alteration of blood clotting and lung damage by protamine are avoided using the heparin and polyphosphate inhibitor UHRA Kalathottukaren MT, Abraham L, Kapopara PR, Lai BFL, Shenoi RA, Rosell FI, Conway EM, Pryzdial ELG, Morrissey JH, Haynes CA, Kizhakkedathu JN 2016 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Detection of bacterial adherence and biofilm formation on medical surfaces Loza-Correa M, Ramirez-Arcos S 2016 Biofilms and implantable medical devices: infection and control View Researchers New or improved product or process
Elevation of C-reactive protein levels in patients with transfusion-related acute lung injury Kapur R, Kim M, Rondina MT, Porcelijn L, Semple JW 2016 Oncotarget View Researchers Basic research
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia Zdravic D, Yougbare I, Vadasz B, Li C, Marshall AH, Chen P, Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Ni H 2016 Semin Fetal Neonatal Med View Researchers Basic research
Immune Globulin Products Nahirniak S, Lazarus A 2016 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Neurological PRESentations in Sickle Cell Patients Are Not Always Stroke: A Review of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease Solh Z, Taccone MS, Marin S, Athale U, Breakey VR 2016 Pediatr Blood Cancer View Health care providers Clinical research
The use of serial outpatient complete blood count (CBC) results to derive biologic variation: a new tool to gauge the acceptability of hematology testing Cembrowski G, Topping K, Versluys K, Tran D, Malick M, Holmes D, Clarke G 2015 Int J Lab Hematol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Acute Lung Injury Causes Asynchronous Alveolar Ventilation That Can Be Corrected by Individual Sighs Tabuchi A, Nickles HT, Kim M, Semple JW, Koch E, Brochard L, Slutsky AS, Pries AR, Kuebler WM 2015 Am J Respir Crit Care Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Impact of a 5-year deferral from blood donation for men who have sex with men O'Brien SF, Osmond L, Fan W, Yi Q-L, Goldman M 2015 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Inhibition of Autoimmune Diabetes in NOD Mice by miRNA Therapy Wang D, Shanina I, Toyofuku WM, Horwitz MS, Scott MD 2015 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research
Rituximab plus standard of care for treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis Chugh S, Darvish-Kazem S, Lim W, Crowther MA, Ghanima W, Wang G, Heddle NM, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2015 Lancet Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
The effect of processing method on the in vitro characteristics of red blood cell products Hansen AL, Kurach JDR, Turner TR, Jenkins C, Busch MP, Norris PJ, Dugger J, Tomasulo PA, Devine DV, Acker JP 2015 Vox Sang View Researchers Basic research
Thromboembolic events, recurrent bleeding and mortality after resuming anticoagulant following gastrointestinal bleeding. A meta-analysis Chai-Adisaksopha C, Hillis C, Monreal M, Witt DM, Crowther M 2015 Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
A benchmarking program to reduce red blood cell outdating: implementation, evaluation, and a conceptual framework Barty RL, Gagliardi K, Owens W, Lauzon D, Scheuermann S, Liu Y, Wang G, Pai M, Heddle NM 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Aggregates in platelet concentrates van der Meer PF, Dumont LJ, Lozano M, Bondar N, Wong J, Ismay S, Pink J, Nussbaumer W, Coene J, Feys HB, Compernolle V, Devine DV, Howe D, Lin CK, Sun J, Ringwald J, Strasser EF, Eckstein R, Seltsam A, Perseghin P, Proserpio P, Wakamoto S, Akino M, Takamoto S, Tadokoro K, Teo D, Shu PH, Chua SS, Jimenez-Marco T, Lozano M, Cid J, Castro E, Munoz I, Gulliksson H, Sandgren P, Thomas S, Petrik J, McColl K, Kamel H, Dugger J, Sweeney JD, Gorlin JB, Sutor LJ, Heath D, Sayers MH 2015 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting