Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Article	Citations
Apheresis and Covid-19	62
Back to basics on assessment of extracellular vesicle activity states, using modern captured based assays, combined with innovative IFC and proteomics, that might become tomorrow’s realities	36
Transfusion Safety Officers in the United States: Survey of characteristics and approaches to implementation	31
Analysis of fresh frozen plasma utilization indications in children: An audit of a tertiary care hospital in Turkey	25
Editorial Board	24
An overview of apheresis activities in Israel 2022	22
Guest editor’s bio	22
Are we donating iron? Impact of apheresis on ferritin	18
The impact of blood donation on blood counts and ferritin levels: A multi-center study from the Eastern Mediterranean region	16
Extracorporeal photopheresis in steroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease: A retrospective multicenter study	16
Nephrolithiasis in two patients on iron chelation therapy: A case report	14
Therapeutic plasma exchange for neonatal hepatic failure	13
The practical use of artificial intelligence in Transfusion Medicine and Apheresis	13
The effect of mobilizing large numbers of CD34 + cells (super-mobilizers) on the engraftment and survival in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation	12
Sex discrepancies in blood donation: Implications for red blood cell characteristics and transfusion efficacy	12
Retrospective analysis of bleeding events after central venous catheter placement in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura	12
Process capability indexes: Trends and developments in the manufacturing of blood components	12
Relationship between mutations in severe hemophilia A and risk of inhibitor development: A large single-center study	12
Focus on: Prognostic scores to predict stem cell mobilization	12
Successful use of therapeutic plasma exchange for the management of acute lung transplant rejection secondary to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy	12
Yogyakarta and the WAA:2024	11
Use of therapeutic apheresis methods during pregnancy	11
Intermediate-dose cyclophosphamide and bortezomib for PBSC mobilization in multiple myeloma	11
Editorial Board	11
Genotyping of RHD c.1227G>A allele by melting curve analysis	10

Is it necessary to give calcium infusion during the exchange transfusion in newborns?	10
How to begin using social media for transfusion medicine education	10
Blood, organ and bone marrow donation: Reporting on the attitudes, related to socio-emotional determinants, among nursing students in Greece	10
Under the hood: The molecular biology driving gene therapy for the treatment of sickle cell disease	10
Association of HLA-DRB1 alleles with anti-D alloimmunization in RhD negative pregnant women in India	9
Examining participant representation by sex, race, ethnicity and age in United States blood donation and blood transfusion clinical trials	9
Effects of prophylactic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion with extended antigen matching on alloimmunization in patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)	9
How to manage poor mobilisers	9
Motivators, barriers and communication channels for blood donation in relation to students at a university in Spain	9
Preparedness and activities of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasma bank in the Veneto region (Italy): An organizational model for future emergencies	8
Update on the measurement of "soluble angiotensin converting enzyme 2" in plasma and its emerging significance as a novel biomarker of cardiovascular and kidney diseases: A concise commentary	8
A rare report of H-partially deficient, non-secretor phenotype from India. An Ah like the rèunion and unlike a Para Bombay-Clarifying misinterpretations.	8
Red Ribbon Club inculcation of positive deviance approach to promote blood donation among undergraduate medical college students	8
Assessment of the impact of pathogen reduction technologies on the neutralizing activity of COVID-19 convalescent plasma.	8
ABO antibody titer performance characteristics and correlates between two automated platforms	8
The Polish adaptation of the blood donation fears inventory	8
Guest Editorial	7
Pancytopenia in a newborn due to maternal piperacillin and human leukocyte antigen antibodies	7
Impact on cytokine accumulation in 35-day preserved whole blood due to resin adsorption	7
Emerging insights into the role of albumin with plasma exchange in Alzheimer’s disease management	7
Does immunohistochemical staining predict mobilization success in multiple myeloma patients?	7
Enhancing clinical insight: Implementing validated questionnaires for comprehensive assessment of clinician expertise in transfusion medicine practices	7
Apheresis and COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU)	7
Plerixafor combined with G-CSF for stem cell mobilization in children qualified for autologous transplantation- single center experience	7
Transfusion safety: Is there a difference between reported reactions in low-to-middle income and high-income countries?	7
The blood transfusion service of Ukraine	7
Blood donors, iron deficiency and supplementation options – Will clinical trials help moving forward?	7
Comparison of in-vitro and in-vivo parameters of whole blood derived random donor platelets (RDP) after over-night hold with RDP prepared after 2-h hold: Single centre report from India	7
Role of the AB0 blood group in COVID-19 infection and complications: A population-based study	7
Editorial commentary	6
Is pathogen reduction an acceptable alternative to irradiation for risk mitigation of transfusion-associated graft versus host disease?	6
Platelet and extracellular vesicles in COVID-19 infection and its vaccines	6
Optimizing of the isolation of hematopoietic stem cell in bone marrow transplantation in children	6
Overview on novel strategies and current guidelines for hematopoietic stem cell mobilisation and collection	6
CAR-T cells, the first pharmaceutical cell therapy	6
Editorial Board	6
Plerixafor in autologous stem cell transplantation: Does it affect engraftment kinetics?	6
Connectivity in transfusion medicine: Challenges, benefits, and goals	6
Correlation between blood parameters in the early and later stages of pregnancy: A retrospective study	6
Identifying the possible causes of recurrent leukodepletion filter blockage in whole blood donations	6
Autoimmune complications of COVID-19 and potential consequences for long-lasting disease syndromes	6
Guest Editor’s Bio	6
Platelet function testing: Update on determinant variables and permissive windows using a platelet-count-based device	5
Assessment of serum iron stores in regular plateletpheresis donors	5
Patient blood management and blood conservation – Complimentary concepts and solutions for blood establishments and clinical services in South Africa and beyond	5
Plasma exchange in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis	5
What’s happening CAR T cell immunotherapy	5
ABO group-based strategy for inventory management of methylene blue-treated thawed plasma in a blood bank	5
A case of psoriasis successfully treated by extracorporeal photopheresis during COVID-19 pandemic	5
Should timing be considered before abandoning convalescent plasma in covid-19? Results from the Turkish experience	5

Lipid modification induced by lipoprotein apheresis could mirrored mid-regional-pro-adrenomedullin plasma levels?	5
Retrospective analysis of direct antiglobulin test positivity at tertiary academic hospital over 10 years	5
Mechanism of TLR4 mediated immune effect in transfusion-induced acute lung injury based on Slit2/Robo4 signaling pathway	5
WITHDRAWN: The risks of low hemoglobin deferral in a large retrospective cohort of plasmapheresis donors and the influence factors of return for a subsequent donation in China	5
Management of factor XI deficiency in oncological liver and colorectal surgery by therapeutic plasma exchange: A case report	5
Hematological toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors and the impact of blood transfusion and its microbiome on therapeutic efficacy and recipient’s safety and survival outcome:A systematic narrati	5
An invite for evidence-based insights and expert viewpoints on blood donor recruitment and retention	5
Therapeutic apheresis in ANCA Associated Vasculitis: Current status of Pexivas	5
Expression of biofilm-associated genes in Staphylococcus aureus during storage of platelet concentrates	5
Treatment with plasma exchange of a pregnant woman with anti-PP1Pk alloimmunization: A case report	5
Transfusion support for patients with sickle cell disease	5
Plasma lipemia: When the blood donor becomes a patient	5
Considerations on risk mitigating strategies for bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates – The Dutch perspective	5
Metabolomics comparison of cord and peripheral blood-derived serum eye drops for the treatment of dry eye disease	5
Molecular basis of DEL phenotype in the Indian population: Insights from next-generation sequencing analysis of two cases	5
Case report of anti-f(ce) antibody identified with unknown autoantibody from ABO discrepancy in a patient with liver cell carcinoma	5
People, places and things: The new WAA board	5
Is CONUT score a predictor of morbidity in patients with adult transfusion dependent beta thalassemia?	5
What should be the optimal dose of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide for GVHD prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation?	5
Gynecological bleeding in women with congenital bleeding disorders: A comprehensive cohort from Iran	5
Remodelling whole blood processing through automation and pathogen reduction technology at the Luxembourg Red Cross	5
Plasma exchange and COVID 19	4
Serology and molecular genetic analysis of two unrelated individuals with the same novel CisAB blood type	4
MicroRNA expression profiles analysis of apheresis platelets treated with vitamin B2 and ultraviolet-B during storage	4
Editorial Board	4
Overlap Stevens Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis developed due to the use of toxic-dose vinblastine in case of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis(Letterer-Siwe)	4
Advancement of blood donor factors in RBC and blood component therapy using modern practices and methodologies: How to make multifactorial clinical decisions amid growing complexity	4
Selection of the mobilization regimen in lymphoma patients: A retrospective cohort study	4
A study on diagnostic performance of different immunohematological diagnostic tests in assessing the prevalence of ABO Hemolytic Disease of Newborn in the antenatal O group mothers and their neonatal	4
Whole blood derived covid convalescent plasma: A practical experience from India	4
Investigating the production of platelet lysate obtained from low volume Cord Blood Units: Focus on growth factor content and regenerative potential	4
SARS-Coronavirus-2 seroprevalence in asymptomatic healthy blood donors: Indicator of community spread	4
Effectiveness of hemoperfusion (HP) in hemodialysis (HD) patients with Covid-19 infection	4
Role of Thromboelastogram in monitoring the activation of the coagulation pathway and assessing the associated risk factors for hypercoagulable state in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients	4
International forum: WAA meets in Yogaykarta	4
Mobilization and collection of CD34 + cells in patients with globin disorders: Providing the starting material to manufacturers of autologous gene therapies	4
Clinical use of CAR T-cells in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia	4
Biographies of the guest editors for the theme papers on graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)	4
A new risk predictive scoring system of vasovagal reactions in patients with preoperative autologous blood donation	4
Genetic analysis of non-severe hemophilia A phenotype with A discrepancy between one-stage and chromogenic factor VIII activity assays	4
Therapeutic apheresis in renal transplantation: An update	4
Blood transfusion in autoimmune rheumatic diseases	4
Molecular characterization of a rare Rh phenotype Dc-from the Indian subcontinent	4
Acquired methemoglobinemia: A systematic review of reported cases	4
Blood use and alloimmunization in myelodysplastic syndrome patients: A study of a hospital transfusion experience	4
Impact of peri-operative red blood cell transfusions for treatment of anemia on acute rejection in renal transplant recipients	4
Convalescent plasma therapy in B-cell-depleted and B-cell sufficient patients with life-threatening COVID-19 – A case series	4
Insight into hazards and control of transfusion-transmitted infections in Egypt: A narrative review	4
Is minimizing iatrogenic blood loss the next frontier in transfusion medicine?	4
Dynamics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in repeat convalescent plasma donors	4
Nurses perspective of apheresis in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients	4
Treatment of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease with extracorporeal photopheresis: Update of best practice recommendations from Italian Society of Hemapheresis and Cell Manipulation (SIdEM) a	4
Deferral due to low hemoglobin and predictors of permanence in the blood donation system of repeat female blood donors	4
Blood donor notification rate in a blood bank in Veracruz, Mexico	4
Opportunities to Share Information	4
Effects of continuous negative pressure suction combined with autologous platelet-rich gel on the levels of CRP, IL-6, wound healing and length of stay in clients with diabetic foot	4
Analyses of registry data of patients with anti-GBM and antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody-associated (ANCA) vasculitis treated with or without therapeutic apheresis	4
Editorial comments: Looking for some innovative diagnostic or developmental research studies that might influence our laboratory and clinical decision-making	4
The effect of G-CSF used after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on engraftment times and platelet suspension replacement numbers	4
Immunohematological challenges in COVID infected patients	4
Predictors of poor haematopoietic stem cell mobilisation in patients with haematological malignancies at a South African centre	4
The effect of therapeutic plasma exchange on management of HELLP Syndrome: The report of 47 patients	3
CFNAs of RBCs affect the release of inflammatory factors through the expression of CaMKIV in macrophages	3
Detection of anti-B antibodies in a patient with A1B blood group: A case report and literature review	3
Why do RhD negative pregnant women still become anti-D immunized despite prophylaxis with anti-D immunoglobulin?	3
Assessment of apheresis platelets during 5 days of storage: A National Cancer Institute, Cairo University experience	3
Determination of optimum levels of binding antibody units (BAU) of new quantitative chemiluminescent immuno-assay (CLIA) in COVID-19 vaccinated volunteer blood donors	3
Blood banking: The situation in ROMANIA	3
Use of Therapeutic Apheresis methods in ICU	3
Functions of the endothelium and its role in hematopoietic cell transplantation	3
Transfusion of blood products derived from SARS-CoV-2+ donors to patients with hematological malignancies	3
Inventory management in blood supply chain considering fuzzy supply/demand uncertainties and lateral transshipment	3
Decreased levels of ferritin, mild thrombocytosis, and increased erythropoietin are sequential events among frequent plateletpheresis donors: Implication for a ferritin screen	3
Guest Editorial	3
Blood banking in the United Republic of Tanzania	3
Regenerative effect of expired platelet concentrates in human therapy: An update	3
Filgrastim alone versus cyclophosphamide and filgrastim for mobilization in multiple myeloma patients	3
ROTEM in the setting of liver transplant surgery reduces frozen plasma transfusion	3
SARS-CoV-2 variants inactivation of plasma units using a riboflavin and ultraviolet light-based photochemical treatment	3
Genetic determinants of plasma testosterone in male blood donors are associated with altered red blood cell characteristics and survival in cold storage and after transfusion	3

Platelet inventory management with demand and supply uncertainty and variable pricing considerations	3
In situ and in vitro evaluation of two antiseptics for blood bank based on chlorhexidine gluconate/isopropyl alcohol and povidone-iodine	3
Spotlights on the latest opinions on identification, prevention, and management of newer CoV-2 variants: A roundup appraisal on innovative ideas and designer vaccines for Omicron	3
Successful autologous peripheral blood stem cell collection using large volume leukapheresis in patients with very low or undetectable peripheral blood CD34+ progenitor cells	3
Blood banking in Thailand 2023	3
Analysis of ABO grouping discrepancies among patients from a tertiary hospital in Korea	3
Attenuation of age-elevated blood factors by repositioning plasmapheresis: A novel perspective and approach	3
Guest Editor’s Bio #1 Dr. F. Altuntas	3
Immune-mediated platelet transfusion refractoriness in a severely thrombocytopenic patient with myelodysplastic syndrome successfully treated with romiplostim	3
Biliary atresia: graft-versus-host disease with maternal microchimerism as an etiopathogenesis	3
Transfusion outcomes and clinical safety of ABO-nonidentical platelets transfusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Transregional autologous serum eye drop provision by a large German Red Cross Blood Donation Service	3
The demographic and serological characteristics of COVID-19 convalescent plasma donors: Identification of basic criteria for optimal donor selection	3
Editorial commentary	3
Spanish registry of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (REPTT): Data evidence and new developments	3
Is there any revival of the use of plasma therapy or neutralizing convalescent antibody therapy to treat SARS-CoV-2 variants and are we rethinking preparedness plans?	3
Can transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GvHD) be prevented with leukoreduction alone?	3
Polyclonal immunoglobulins for COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis in immunocompromised patients	3
Blood banking: the situation in Ghana	3
Editorial by Chair of the Scientific Program Committee	3
Prevalence of hemorrhagic ovarian cysts in patients with rare inherited bleeding disorders	3
An independent reader system that parallels critical steps of full automation capability for immunohematology testing	3
A non-parametric framework for evaluating total analytical error in in vitro diagnostic medical devices in transfusion medicine	3
Analysis of apheresis outcomes in a cohort of Chilean patients treated with autologous stem cell transplantation: A single center real-world experience	3
Mother-newborn ABO group discrepancy caused by a rare BW.17 variant	3
Alirocumab in lipoprotein apheresis: A synergy for patients with high-Lp(a)	3
Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease, transfusion-associated hyperkalemia, and potassium filtration: advancing safety and sufficiency of the blood supply	3
Genotype-phenotype analyses of Iranian patients with hemophilia B (Leyden -) and hemophilia B (Leyden +): A single-center study	3
High titers of anti-A1 and anti-B antibodies among Peruvian group O platelet donors	3
A multicenter retrospective analysis on therapeutic plasma exchange in immune thrombocytopenic purpura	2
They come in threes: Marburg virus, emerging infectious diseases, and the blood supply	2
Editorial Board	2
Therapeutic plasma exchange in the management of acute complications of sickle cell disease: A single centre experience	2
International forum: The WAA next Congress	2
Cerebral and intestinal oxygen saturation of different volumes of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants	2
Insights on trends in the management of metrological analysis of devices in blood and transfusion medicine services: Verification based on their fitness for purpose and suitability for their respectiv	2
Impact of therapeutic plasma exchange on intact protein S, apolipoproteins, and thrombin generation	2
Variable impact of graft CD3+ cell content on graft versus host disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: Is the role of donor CD3+ cells overestimated?	2
Decreased rate of blood donors with high ABO antibody titers in Japan and the underlying factors: Comparisons between 2010 and 2021	2
Efficacy of Ruxolitinib in the management of chronic GVHD	2
Plasma-reduction for Apheresis Granulocyte transfusions in pediatric patients	2
Can plasma exchange therapy be an option for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Related Splenial Lesion Syndrome: Two cases from the pediatric intensive care unit	2
Shared surgery blood reserve reduces surgery suspension rate due to blood unavailability	2
Do cord blood CD34 cells stay the same or change after expansion: A comprehensive analysis of gene expression results before and after seven days of cell culture	2
COVID-19 neutralizing antibody-based therapies in humoral immune deficiencies: A narrative review	2
The effect of agitating buffy coats on platelet quality before soft spin	2
Biographies of the guest editors for this issue's theme papers on current platelet transfusion practices around the world	2
Effects of multiple apheresis platelet donations for the iron nutrition condition and platelet parameters of blood donors in China: A meta-analysis study	2
Overcoming challenges in managing a high-risk pregnancy with placenta previa and newly diagnosed Bombay phenotype	2
The Italian registry of therapeutic apheresis enters the information system of transfusion services - SISTRA	2
Editorial Board	2
Study on the antigens and antibodies of Mur and Mia blood groups in southern China	2
Immunohematological evaluation of red cell alloimmunization and statistical assessment of various adsorption techniques in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia	2
Donor clinical characteristics and impacts on transfusion recipient outcomes	2
The impact of diabetes mellitus on hematopoietic stem cell mobilization, a-single center cohort study	2
Trends of Infectious Disease Markers Among Healthy Blood Donors In Northern India: A Ten Year Study	2
Analysis and clinical significance of peripheral blood routine changes of platelet donors with ultra-high frequency donation	2
Seroprevalence of SARS-Coronavirus 2 among asymptomatic healthy blood donors from healthcare and non-healthcare settings: Implications for safety of blood donors and blood collection staff during bloo	2
Quantification of hepatitis C virus in viremic blood donors in Iran: Need to reinforce post-donation follow up	2
Characteristics and causes of pre-donation deferrals at a Chinese blood center	2
Biosketch: Vanitha Rambiritch (B Tech Biomed Tech; MPhil-HPE)	2
Editorial Board	2
Editorial: An all-round appraisal of the latest viewpoints on “Acute Thrombotic Coagulability” and an update on the “inflammation-conditioned” profiles of platelets in sepsis patients	2
People with blood disorders can be more vulnerable during COVID-19 pandemic: A hypothesis paper	2
Editorial Board	2
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) and Blood Products – Implications for Longevity and Disease	2
A targeted survey on teachers’ perception of training/education for blood donation in high school students: An invited case report for enhancing and retention of dedicated donors in Portugal	2
The D-dimer reference intervals in healty term newborns	2
Lessons learned from the use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 and specific considerations for immunocompromised patients	2
Secondary alloanti-D immunization post transfusion of “Asia type” DEL red blood cells	2
Convalescent plasma regulation: A message in a bottle to the societies and regulatory authorities outside the US	2
D or anti-D!!! Unblocking the dilemma of blocking-D phenomenon using acid elution	2
A case of Bickerstaff encephalitis with overlapping Gullian Barre syndrome in a pediatric patient treated with therapeutic plasma exchange	2
A case of hyperhemolysis syndrome in sickle cell disease and concomitant COVID-19	2
Severe amlodipine toxicity: A medical dilemma managed with therapeutic plasma exchange	2
Spotlights on the trends in performance assessment of qualitative in vitro diagnostic medical devices in transfusion medicine	2
A multivariate analysis of the risk of iron deficiency in plateletpheresis donors based on logistic regression	2
Survival among children and adults treated with granulocyte transfusions: Twenty years’ experience at a Brazilian blood center	2
Alterations in trace elements and cation profiles in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients	2
Editorial Board	2
Breast milk induced immune haemolytic disease of newborn due to anti-c: A case report	2
Hemolytic anemia and plasma exchange	2
Lenograstim versus filgrastim in mobilization before autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma and lymphoma - Single center experience	2
Evaluation of hematologic factors and bilirubin following exchange transfusion in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia	2
Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates in a lower middle-income country: Data from a single tertiary care hospital	2
The Italian registry of therapeutic apheresis in SISTRA: Year of activity 2023	2
A comparative analysis of factors influencing haemoglobin content in RBC units	2
Comparison of transfusion-outcome in patients with massive bleeding receiving pathogen-reduced platelets prepared with two different technologies	2
Molecular and clinical profile of rare bleeding disorders: A single-center retrospective study	2
Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction following ABO-mismatched platelet transfusion: Two case reports	2
Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stromal cells transfusion in a critically Ill infant diagnosed with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A case report	2
Simulation-based medical education in transfusion medicine: Current state and future applications	2
Efficacy of allogeneic platelet growth factors in actinic cystitis: The resolution of trouble?	2
Spotlights on “Process capability index trends”: A new development in the manufacturing of blood components and related industries	2
The effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors on survival parameters in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a retrospective study	2