Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Rationale and design of platelet transfusions in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: the PATH pilot study Tay J, Allan D, Beattie S, Bredeson C, Fergusson D, Maze D, Sabloff M, Thavorn K, Tinmouth A 2016 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Rationale and Design of the Informing Fresh versus Old Red Cell Management (INFORM) Trial: An International Pragmatic Randomized Trial Eikelboom JW, Cook RJ, Barty R, Liu Y, Arnold DM, Crowther MA, Devereaux PJ, Ellis M, Figueroa P, Gallus A, Hirsh J, Kurz A, Roxby D, Sessler DI, Sharon Y, Sobieraj-Teague M, Warkentin TE, Webert KE, Heddle NM 2016 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
RE: A better normal in Canada will need a better detection system for emerging and re-emerging respiratory pathogens O'Brien S, Goldman M, Drews S 2022 CMAJ View Researchers Clinical research
Réactions transfusionnelles anaphylactiques et déficit en IgA Khandelwal A, Clarke G, Goldman M 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Reaffirmed Guideline No. 343: Routine Non-Invasive Prenatal Prediction of Fetal RHD Genotype Johnson J-A, MacDonald K, Clarke G, Skoll A 2022 J Obstet Gynaecol Can View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Recognizing Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Iba T, Levy JH, Warkentin TE 2022 Crit Care Med View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Recognizing, managing and reporting vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Sholzberg M, Arnold DM, Laupacis A 2021 CMAJ View Health care providers Clinical research
Recommendations for standardization of laboratory testing for drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia: communication from the SSC of the ISTH Arnold DM, Curtis BR, Bakchoul T, for the Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology 2015 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Recommendations for the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of VITT against COVID-19: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology Nazy I, Sachs UJ, Arnold DM, McKenzie SE, Choi P, Althaus K, Ahlen MT, Sharma R, Grace RF, Bakchoul T 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Recommended primary outcomes for clinical trials evaluating hemostatic blood products and agents in patients with bleeding: Proceedings of a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and US Department of Defense Consensus Conference Spinella PC, El Kassar N, Cap AP, Kindzelski AL, Almond CS, Barkun A, Gernsheimer TB, Goldstein JN, Holcomb JB, Iorio A, Jensen DM, Key NS, Levy JH, Mayer SA, Moore EE, Stanworth SJ, Lewis RJ, Steiner ME 2021 J Trauma Acute Care Surg View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Reconsidering sickle cell trait testing of red blood cell units allocated to children with sickle cell disease Hajjaj OI, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Dumevska L, Hanna M, Lau W, Lieberman L 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Reconstituted cryopreserved platelets synthesize proteins during short-term storage and packaging a defined subset into microvesicles Schubert P, Johnson L, Culibrk B, Chen Z, Tan S, Marks DC, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Red blood cell antibody induced anemia causes differential degrees of tissue hypoxia in kidney and brain Mistry N, Mazer CD, Sled JG, Lazarus AH, Cahill LS, Solish M, Zhou Y-Q, Romanova N, Hare AG, Doctor A, Fisher JA, Brunt KR, Simpson JA, Hare GMT 2018 Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell antibody-induced anemia causes differential degrees of tissue hypoxia in kidney and brain Mistry N, Mazer CD, Sled JG, Lazarus AH, Cahill LS, Solish M, Zhou Y-Q, Romanova N, Hare AGM, Doctor A, Fisher JA, Brunt KR, Simpson JA, Hare GMT 2018 Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell membrane grafting of multi-functional hyperbranched polyglycerols Rossi NAA, Constantinescu I, Kainthan RK, Brooks DE, Scott MD, Kizhakkedathu JN 2010 Biomaterials View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell membrane water permeability increases with length of ex vivo storage Alshalani A, Acker JP 2017 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
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
Red blood cell replacement, or nanobiotherapeutics with enhanced red blood cell functions? Chang TMS 2015 Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol View Researchers Basic 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
Red Blood Cell Storage Lesions and Related Transfusion Issues: A Canadian Blood Services Research and Development Symposium Pavenski K, Saidenberg E, Lavoie M, Tokessy M, Branch DR 2012 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Other
Red blood cell transfusion and mortality effect in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol English SW, Chassé M, Turgeon AF, Tinmouth A, Boutin A, Pagliarello G, Fergusson D, McIntyre L 2015 Syst Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Red blood cell transfusion in patients with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review protocol Boutin A, Chasse M, Shemilt M, Lauzier F, Moore L, Zarychanski R, Lacroix J, Fergusson DA, Desjardins P, Turgeon AF 2014 Syst Rev View Researchers Other
Red blood cells, still vital after all these years: Commentary on Canadian Blood Services' International Symposium 2017 Qadri SM, Donkor DA, Yan M, Ning S, Branch DR, Seghatchian J, Sheffield WP 2018 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Other
Red cell supernatant effects on endothelial cell function and innate immune activation is influenced by donor age and sex Kipkeu BJ, Almizraq R, Branch DR, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2018 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
Red cell transfusion-associated hemolysis in cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study Karkouti K, Callum J, Acker JP, Yip P, Rao V 2017 Anesth Analg View Researchers Clinical research
Red Cell, Platelet and White Cell Antigens Webert KE, Arnold DM, Chan HWH, Smith JW, Heddle NM, Kelton JG 2013 Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology View Health care providers Other
Reduced deformability of parasitized red blood cells as a biomarker for anti-malarial drug efficacy Deng X, Duffy SP, Myrand-Lapierre M-E, Matthews K, Santoso AT, Du Y-L, Ryan KS, Ma H 2015 Malar J View Researchers New or improved product or process
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
Reducing the age of transfused red blood cells in hospitals: ordering and allocation policies Sarhangian V, Abouee-Mehrizi H, Baron O, Berman O, Heddle NM, Barty R 2016 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
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
Reduction of thrombus size in murine models of thrombosis following administration of recombinant alpha1-proteinase inhibitor mutant proteins Sheffield WP, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Bhakta V, Gataiance S 2012 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Reference intervals of complete blood count constituents are highly correlated to waist circumference: Should obese patients have their own “normal values?” Vuong J, Qiu Y, La M, Clarke G, Swinkels DW, Cembrowski G 2014 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Regenerative Therapy and Immune Modulation Using Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Cells Damien P, Allan DS 2015 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Health care providers Other
Registration errors among patients receiving blood transfusions: a national analysis from 2008 to 2017 Vijenthira S, Armali C, Downie H, Wilson A, Paton K, Berry B, Wu HX, Robitaille A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Callum J 2021 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Regulatory decisions pertaining to aprotinin may be putting patients at risk Hebert PC, Fergusson DA, Hutton B, Mazer CD, Fremes S, Blajchman M, MacAdams C, Wells G, Robblee J, Bussieres J, Teoh K 2014 CMAJ View Regulators Other
Rejuvenated and safe: Freeze-dried plasma for the 21st century Sheffield WP, V. Devine D 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Rejuvenation of ATP during storage does not reverse effects of the hypothermic storage lesion Tchir JD, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2013 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Relative efficacy of steroid therapy in immune thrombocytopenia mediated by anti-platelet GPIIbIIIa versus GPIb? antibodies Zeng Q, Zhu L, Tao L, Bao J, Yang M, Simpson EK, Li C, van der Wal DE, Chen P, Spring CM, Wang M, Zhang L, Ruan C, Hou M, Xia R, Ni H 2012 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Relaxin receptor antagonist AT-001 synergizes with docetaxel in androgen-independent prostate xenografts Neschadim A, Pritzker LB, Pritzker KP, Branch DR, Summerlee AJ, Trachtenberg J, Silvertown JD 2014 Endocr Relat Cancer View Researchers Basic research
Releasates of riboflavin/UV-treated platelets: Microvesicles suppress cytokine-mediated endothelial cell migration/proliferation Schubert P, Culibrk L, Culibrk B, Conway EM, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Removing the men who have sex with men blood donation deferral: Informing risk models using Canadian public health surveillance data Caffrey N, Goldman M, Lewin A, Grégoire Y, Yi QL, O’Brien SF 2022 Transfus Clin Biol View Researchers MSM research
Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Hiremath S, Fergusson DA, Fergusson N, Bennett A, Knoll GA 2017 Am J Kidney Dis View Researchers Clinical research
Répercussions de la COVID-19 sur le don de sang au Canada Khandelwal A 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Reply to: Concerns about estimating relative risk of death associated with convalescent plasma for COVID-19 Bégin P, Callum J, Cook R, Jamula E, Liu Y, Finzi A, Arnold DM 2022 Nat Med View Researchers Clinical research
Reply to: Short-Term versus Long-Term Blood Storage Heddle N 2017 N Engl J Med View Researchers Other
Report on the 19th International Society of Blood Transfusion Platelet Immunology Workshop 2018 Lewin A, Al Khan S, Beaudin L, Meilleur L, Clarke G, Richard L 2020 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Research initiatives of blood services worldwide in response to the covid-19 pandemic O'Brien SF, Lieshout-Krikke RW, Lewin A, Erikstrup C, Steele WR, Uzicanin S, Custer B, the Surveillance RA, Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party 2021 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
Research opportunities in optimizing storage of red blood cell products Wagner SJ, Glynn SA, Welniak LA, NHLBI Working Group on Strategies to Optimize Red Blood Cell Products 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Other
Research partnerships between blood services and public health authorities: An international, cross-sectional survey Lewin A, Osiowy C, Erikstrup C, Custer B, Renaud C, Tiberghien P, Russell A, Lieshout-Krikke R, O'Brien SF, the Surveillance Risk Assessment Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party 2022 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Research Unit: A more accurate and efficient way to manage blood demand and supply Li N 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process