Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
SARS-CoV-2 spike-dependent platelet activation in COVID-19 vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia Appelbaum J, Arnold DM, Kelton JG, Gernsheimer T, Jevtic SD, Ivetic N, Smith JW, Nazy I 2022 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional study Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Dhillon N, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, O’Reilly C, Sediqi S, Xu RY, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, Coombs D, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2022 BMJ Open View 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 View Researchers Clinical research
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Canadian Blood Donors: The Advance of Omicron O’Brien SF, Caffrey N, Yi Q-L, Pambrun C, Drews SJ 2022 Viruses View Researchers Clinical research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among blood donors after the first COVID-19 wave in Canada Saeed S, Drews SJ, Pambrun C, Yi Q-L, Osmond L, O'Brien SF 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
SARS in Canada: Lessons learned for the blood operator Devine DV 2020 Transfus Med View Blood operators Other
Sample collection and sample handling errors submitted to the transfusion error surveillance system, 2006 to 2015 Strauss R, Downie H, Wilson A, Mounchili A, Berry B, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Callum J 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Safety of cell therapy with mesenchymal stromal cells (SafeCell): a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials Lalu MM, McIntyre L, Pugliese C, Fergusson D, Winston BW, Marshall JC, Granton J, Stewart DJ, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group 2012 PLoS One View Researchers Clinical research
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
Safety and efficacy of self-administered romiplostim in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: Results of an integrated database of five clinical trials Kuter DJ, Arnold DM, Rodeghiero F, Janssens A, Selleslag D, Bird R, Newland A, Mayer J, Wang K, Olie R 2020 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Safeguarding the Patient's Own Blood Supply Zeller MP, Kaufman RM 2019 JAMA View Health care providers Clinical research
Routine screening method for microparticles in platelet transfusions Millar D, Murphy L, Labrie A, Maurer-Spurej E 2018 J Vis Exp View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Routine nucleic acid testing of blood donations fails to detect all human immunodeficiency virus–positive blood donors Fearon M, Scalia V, Lane D, Bigham M, Hawes G, O'Brien S, Kadkhoda K 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Routine clinical care data for population pharmacokinetic modeling: the case for Fanhdi/Alphanate in hemophilia A patients Chelle P, Yeung CHT, Bonanad S, Morales Munoz JC, Ozelo MC, Megias Vericat JE, Iorio A, Spears J, Mir R, Edginton A 2019 J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn View Health care providers Clinical research
Role of von Willebrand factor and ADAMTS-13 in early brain injury after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage Wan H, Wang Y, Ai J, Brathwaite S, Ni H, Macdonald RL, Hol EM, Meijers JCM, Vergouwen MDI 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Role of G protein-coupled vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors in HIV integration Branch DR 2011 Future Virol View Researchers Basic research
Rivaroxaban and dabigatran did not affect clotting profiles in plasma reconstituted with varying levels of autologous platelets to the same degree as heparin when evaluated using thromboelastography Gantioqui J, Stevic I, Atkinson H, Chan AKC 2018 Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis View Researchers Basic research
Rivaroxaban and Apixaban induce clotting factor Xa fibrinolytic activity Carter RLR, Talbot K, Hur WS, Meixner SC, Van Der Gugten JG, Holmes DT, Côté HCF, Kastrup CJ, Smith TW, Lee AYY, Pryzdial ELG 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers 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
Rituximab maintenance for relapsed refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Bhagirath VC, Kelton JG, Moore J, Arnold DM 2012 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Risks, benefits and the role of stakeholders in pathogen reduction technology Newbold KB, Heddle NM, Lane SJ, Arnold E, Eyles J, Webert K 2014 Health Risk Soc View Other Other
Risks and trends of red blood cell transfusion in obstetric patients: a retrospective study of 45,213 deliveries using administrative data Shehata N, Chassé M, Colas JA, Murphy M, Forster AJ, Malinowski AK, Ducharme R, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Wilson K 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk-based decision-making for blood safety: preliminary report of a consensus conference Stein J, Besley J, Brook C, Hamill M, Klein E, Krewski D, Murphy G, Richardson M, Sirna J, Skinner M, Steiner R, van Aken P, Devine D 2011 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Risk-based decision making in transfusion medicine Leach Bennett J, Devine DV 2018 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Risk-assessment models for VTE and bleeding in hospitalized medical patients: an overview of systematic reviews Darzi AJ, Repp AB, Spencer FA, Morsi RZ, Charide R, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Bauer KA, Burnett AE, Cushman M, Dentali F, Kahn SR, Rezende SM, Zakai NA, Agarwal A, Karam SG, Lotfi T, Wiercioch W, Waziry R, Iorio A, Akl EA, Schünemann HJ 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by transfusion: A literature review Leblanc J-F, Germain M, Delage G, O'Brien S, Drews SJ, Lewin A 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk of transfusion-transmitted Babesia microti in Canada O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Yi Q-L, Bloch EM, Ogden NH, Koffi JK, Lindsay LR, Gregoire Y, Delage G 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Risk of serious gastrointestinal bleeding in living kidney donors Thomas SM, Lam NN, Huang A, Nash DM, Prasad GV, Knoll GA, Koval JJ, Lentine KL, Kim SJ, Alam A, Lok CE, Treleaven DJ, Garg AX 2014 Clin Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk of exposure to Zika virus and impact on cord blood banking and adult unrelated donors in hematopoietic cell transplantation: the Canadian Blood Services experience Adams Z, Morris G, Campbell T, Mostert K, Dibdin N, Fearon M, Elmoazzen H, Mercer D, Young K, Allan D 2018 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Blood operators Clinical research
Risk of exposure to blood products during pregnancy: guidance for Zika and other donor deferral policies Murphy MS, Shehata N, Colas JA, Chassé M, Fergusson DA, O'Brien SF, Goldman M, Tinmouth A, Forster AJ, Wilson K 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk of acute kidney injury in patients randomized to a restrictive versus liberal approach to red blood cell transfusion in cardiac surgery: a substudy protocol of the transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery III noninferiority trial Garg AX, Shehata N, McGuinness S, Whitlock R, Fergusson D, Wald R, Parikh C, Bagshaw SM, Khanykin B, Gregory A, Syed S, Hare GMT, Cuerden MS, Thorpe KE, Hall J, Verma S, Roshanov PS, Sontrop JM, Mazer CD 2018 Can J Kidney Health Dis View Researchers Clinical research
Risk infection to spare bleeding? The quandary of splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia Zeller M, Arnold DM 2015 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk factors for neonatal thrombosis: A retrospective study conducted in a single Canadian intensive care unit Bhatia K, Solanki S, Paes B, Chan AKC, Bhatt MD 2022 Pediatr Blood Cancer View Researchers Clinical research
Risk factors for bleeding in people living with hemophilia A and B treated with regular prophylaxis: A systematic review of the literature Germini F, Noronha N, Abraham Philip B, Olasupo O, Pete D, Navarro T, Keepanasseril A, Matino D, de Wit K, Parpia S, Iorio A 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Risk factors and impact of major bleeding in critically ill patients receiving heparin thromboprophylaxis Lauzier F, Arnold DM, Rabbat C, Heels-Ansdell D, Zarychanski R, Dodek P, Ashley BJ, Albert M, Khwaja K, Ostermann M, Skrobik Y, Fowler R, McIntyre L, Nates JL, Karachi T, Lopes RD, Zytaruk N, Finfer S, Crowther M, Cook D 2013 Intensive Care Med View 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 View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Rights and interests in human bodies and biological materials Toews M, Caulfield T, Nelson E, Ogbogu U, Hartell D 2015 Canadian National Transplant Research Program Fast Policy Facts: Human Bodies and Biological Materials View Other Other
rIgG1 Fc hexamer inhibits antibody-mediated autoimmune disease via effects on complement and FcgammaRs Spirig R, Campbell IK, Koernig S, Chen CG, Lewis BJB, Butcher R, Muir I, Taylor S, Chia J, Leong D, Simmonds J, Scotney P, Schmidt P, Fabri L, Hofmann A, Jordi M, Spycher MO, Cattepoel S, Brasseit J, Panousis C, Rowe T, Branch DR, Baz Morelli A, Kasermann F, Zuercher AW 2018 J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
rIgG1 Fc Hexamer Inhibits Antibody-Mediated Autoimmune Disease via Effects on Complement and Fc?Rs Spirig R, Campbell IK, Koernig S, Chen C-G, Lewis BJB, Butcher R, Muir I, Taylor S, Chia J, Leong D, Simmonds J, Scotney P, Schmidt P, Fabri L, Hofmann A, Jordi M, Spycher MO, Cattepoel S, Brasseit J, Panousis C, Rowe T, Branch DR, Baz Morelli A, Kaesermann F, Zuercher AW 2018 J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Riboflavin and ultraviolet light treatment potentiates vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein Ser-239 phosphorylation in platelet concentrates during storage Schubert P, Culibrk B, Coupland D, Scammell K, Gyongyossy-Issa M, Devine DV 2012 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Riboflavin and ultraviolet light treatment of platelets triggers p38MAPK signaling: inhibition significantly improves in vitro platelet quality after pathogen reduction treatment Schubert P, Coupland D, Culibrk B, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2013 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Riboflavin and ultraviolet illumination affects selected platelet mRNA transcript amounts differently Klein-Bosgoed C, Schubert P, Devine DV 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
RhoA/ROCK signaling contributes to sex differences in the activation of human platelets Schubert P, Coupland D, Nombalais M, Walsh G, Devine DV 2016 Thromb Res View Researchers Basic research
RhD Specific Antibodies Are Not Detectable in HLA-DRB1(*)1501 Mice Challenged with Human RhD Positive Erythrocytes Bernardo L, Denomme GA, Shah K, Lazarus AH 2014 Adv Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Rh System: Anti-V Meunier D, Peng S, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Rh System: Anti-Cw Meunier D, Peng S, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Revisiting study design and methodology for pathogen reduced platelet transfusions: a round table discussion Heddle NM, Cardoso M, van der Meer PF 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Reversible hemostatic properties of sulfabetaine/quaternary ammonium modified hyperbranched polyglycerol Wen J, Weinhart M, Lai B, Kizhakkedathu J, Brooks DE 2016 Biomaterials View Researchers Basic research
Revealing the diversity of extracellular vesicles using high-dimensional flow cytometry analyses Marcoux G, Duchez A-C, Cloutier N, Provost P, Nigrovic PA, Boilard E 2016 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Rethinking platelet transfusion practices Devine DV 2021 Blood View Health care providers New or improved product or process