Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
L’exploration des frontières de l’hémolyse associée aux IgIV Pendergrast J, Branch D 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Pre-transfusion Testing Duncan J 2020 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
International pediatric thrombosis network to advance pediatric thrombosis research: Communication from the ISTH SSC subcommittee on pediatric and neonatal thrombosis and hemostasis van Ommen CH, Albisetti M, Bhatt M, Bonduel M, Branchford B, Chalmers E, Chan A, Goldenberg NA, Holzhauer S, Monagle P, Nowak-Göttl U, Revel-Vilk S, Sciuccatie G, Sirachainan N, Male C 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Concentré de recherche: Le plasma de convalescents est un traitement inefficace pour les patients atteints de la COVID19 Modi D 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Cost-effectiveness of eltrombopag vs intravenous immunoglobulin for the perioperative management of immune thrombocytopenia Kaur MN, Arnold DM, Heddle NM, Cook RJ, Hsia C, Blostein M, Jamula E, Sholzberg M, Lin Y, Kassis J, Larratt L, Tinmouth A, Carruthers J, Li N, Liu Y, Xie F 2022 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
Plaquettes extraites de la couche leucoplaquettaire à teneur réduite en agents pathogènes Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Management of immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia Gabe C, Arnold D, Smith J, T W 2022 Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Why We Swab: A library of stories in stem cell donation Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Li EW, Rosenfeld A, Williams K, Kandel R, DeGurse N, Park B, Okonofua S, Sano L, Gerofsky M, Sharp A, Hatkar R, Thyagu S, Fingrut WB 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Utilization of the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant Assay To Identify High-Titer Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Plasma against Wild-Type and Variant SARS-CoV-2 Viruses Lin Y-CJ, Evans DH, Robbins NF, Orjuela G, Hu Q, Samson R, Abe KT, Rathod B, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Tuite A, Yi Q-L, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Les fournisseurs de sang canadiens : un rôle croissant dans la surveillance de la santé publique? O’Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Osiowy C, Drebot MA, Renaud C 2022 Relevé des maladies transmissibles au Canada View Health care providers New or improved product or process
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
Adverse Reactions Callum J, Pinkerton P, Lima A, Lin Y, Karkouti K, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Robitaille N, Tinmouth A, Webert K 2017 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Antenatal management in fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review Winkelhorst D, Murphy MF, Greinacher A, Shehata N, Bakchoul T, Massey E, Baker J, Lieberman L, Tanael S, Hume H, Arnold DM, Baidya S, Bertrand G, Bussel J, Kjaer M, Kaplan C, Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Oepkes D, Ryan G 2017 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
Autologous stem cell transplantation for stiff person syndrome: two cases from the Ottawa blood and marrow transplant program Sanders S, Bredeson C, Pringle CE, Martin L, Allan D, Bence-Bruckler I, Hamelin L, Hopkins HS, Sabloff M, Sheppard D, Tay J, Huebsch L, Atkins HL 2014 JAMA Neurol View Health care providers Clinical research
Blood components Clarke G 2017 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
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
Intersecting worlds of transfusion and transplantation medicine: An international symposium organized by the Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation Hodgkinson KM, Kiernan J, Shih AW, Solh Z, Sheffield WP, Pineault N 2017 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Other
Levofloxacin for BK virus prophylaxis following kidney transplantation: a randomized clinical trial Knoll GA, Humar A, Fergusson D, Johnston O, House AA, Kim SJ, Ramsay T, Chasse M, Pang X, Zaltzman J, Cockfield S, Cantarovich M, Karpinski M, Lebel L, Gill JS 2014 JAMA View Health care providers Clinical research
Physician registration for deceased organ donation Li AH, Dixon S, Prakash V, Kim SJ, Knoll GA, Lam NN, Garg AX 2014 JAMA View Health care providers Other
Prophylactic transfusion for pregnant women with sickle cell disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis Malinowski AK, Shehata N, D'Souza R, Kuo KHM, Ward R, Shah PS, Murphy K 2015 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
Red blood cell storage and in-hospital mortality: a secondary analysis of the INFORM randomised controlled trial Cook RJ, Heddle NM, Lee KA, Arnold DM, Crowther MA, Devereaux PJ, Ellis M, Figueroa P, Kurz A, Roxby D, Sessler DI, Sharon Y, Sobieraj-Teague M, Warkentin TE, Webert KE, Barty R, Liu Y, Eikelboom JW 2017 Lancet Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Restrictive or liberal red-cell transfusion for cardiac surgery Mazer CD, Whitlock RP, Fergusson DA, Hall J, Belley-Cote E, Connolly K, Khanykin B, Gregory AJ, de Medicis E, McGuinness S, Royse A, Carrier FM, Young PJ, Villar JC, Grocott HP, Seeberger MD, Fremes S, Lellouche F, Syed S, Byrne K, Bagshaw SM, Hwang NC, Mehta C, Painter TW, Royse C, Verma S, Hare GMT, Cohen A, Thorpe KE, Juni P, Shehata N 2017 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Septic transfusion case caused by a platelet pool with visible clotting due to contamination with Staphylococcus aureus Loza-Correa M, Kou Y, Taha M, Kalab M, Ronholm J, Schlievert PM, Cahill MP, Skeate R, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers 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
Treatment decision-making among Canadian youth with severe haemophilia: a qualitative approach Lane SJ, Walker I, Chan AK, Heddle NM, Poon MC, Minuk L, Jardine L, Arnold E, Sholapur N, Webert KE 2015 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Les immunoglobulines Harding RS, Lazarus A 2018 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Other
Performance of Stool-testing Recommendations for Acute Gastroenteritis When Used to Identify Children With 9 Potential Bacterial Enteropathogens Kim K, Tarr GAM, Chui L, Drews S, Pang X-L, Lee BE, Ali S, Nettel-Aguirre A, Vanderkooi OG, Berenger BM, Dickinson J, Tarr PI, MacDonald J, Freedman SB 2018 Clin Infect Dis View Health care providers Clinical research
Severe autoimmune LMWH-induced thrombocytopenia presenting with aortic thromboses, adrenal hemorrhage and pulmonary embolism: response to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin Nero J, Araneta P, Warkentin T, Moodley O 2018 Can J Gen Intern Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Concentrés pour les troubles de l'hémostase et l'angioedéme héréditaire Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2018 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Using anti-Xa level for adjusting intravenous unfractionated heparin infusion in peripartum thromboembolic disease Tse E, Khurana R, Clarke G, Sia W 2018 Obstet Med View Health care providers New or improved product or process
A retrospective study of the added value of parallel titers compared with serial titers Lin Y, Cohen R, Buckstein J, Callum J, Lieberman L 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Blood System Inventory Management Best Practices Guide Clarke G, Romans R 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Concentré de recherche: Estimation de la prévalence de l’hémophilie et de l’espérance de vie Iorio A 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Clinical research
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply and use of blood for transfusion Stanworth SJ, New HV, Apelseth TO, Brunskill S, Cardigan R, Doree C, Germain M, Goldman M, Massey E, Prati D, Shehata N, So-Osman C, Thachil J 2020 Lancet Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Crowther M, Zawilska K, Mlynarski W, Arnold D 2020 McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Organ Support–Free Days in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial Writing Committee for the REMAP-CAP Investigators 2021 JAMA View Health care providers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Précision et efficacité accrues dans la gestion des réserves de sang Li N 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Examining prescribing practices with respect to oral iron supplementation for post-partum anemia: a retrospective review Iancu AM, Buckstein J, Melamed N, Lin Y 2021 J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Chapter 4: Clinical transfusion procedures Clarke G, Al-Riyami AZ, Roxby D 2021 Educational Modules on Clinical Use of Blood View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Platelet Transfusion in Children with Cancer Barty R 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Déclaration du CCN concernant le génotypage du RHD chez les patientes enceintes Pavenski K, Khandelwal A, Clarke G, Lane D 2022 National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
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
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells (HPC), Cord Blood Jenkins C 2015 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Hemodialysis for the treatment of dabigatran-associated bleeding: a case report and systematic review Chai-Adisaksopha C, Hillis C, Lim W, Boonyawat K, Moffat K, Crowther M 2015 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Immune Globulin Products Nahirniak S, Lazarus A 2016 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
In vitro platelet quality in storage containers used for pediatric transfusions Weiss S, Scammell K, Levin E, Culibrk B, Zolfaghari S, Gyongyossy-Issa MI, Acker JP 2012 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Iron deficiency in Canadian blood donors Goldman M, Uzicanin S, Scalia V, O'Brien SF 2014 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Major arterial events in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a meta-analysis Chai-Adisaksopha C, Lam W, Hillis C 2015 Leuk Lymphoma View Health care providers Clinical research
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
Pratiques transfusionnelles chez le nouveau-né et l'enfant Lau W 2017 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting