Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Donor sex, pre-donation hemoglobin, and manufacturing affect CD71+ cells in red cell concentrates Li W, William N, Acker JP 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Lessons learned from the CONCOR-1 trial Callum J, Bégin P, Jamula E, Liu Y, Kron AT, Auclair MC, Cushing M, Arnold DM 2023 Transfus Med View Researchers Clinical research
An evaluation of the clinical impacts of 7-day platelets Ning S, Gabarin N, Li N, Liu Y, Lucier K, Barty R, Acker J, Webert KE, Warkentin TE, Arnold DM, Heddle NM 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Alternatives to blood donor deferral of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: Acceptability of screening the sexual risk behavior of all blood donors Fisher WA, Kohut T, Woo H, Haw J 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research
Prophylaxis use of clotting factor replacement products in people with non-severe haemophilia: A review of the literature Iorio A, Königs C, Reding MT, Rotellini D, Skinner MW, Mancuso ME, Berntorp E 2023 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Cross-Canada Variability in Blood Donor SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence by Social Determinants of Health O’Brien SF, Caffrey N, Yi Q-L, Bolotin S, Janjua NZ, Binka M, Thanh CQ, Stein DR, Lang A, Colquhoun A, Pambrun C, Reedman CN, Drews SJ 2023 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Evaluating variation in perioperative red blood cell transfusion for patients undergoing elective gastrointestinal cancer surgery Zuckerman J, Coburn N, Callum J, Mahar AL, Lin Y, Turgeon AF, McLeod R, Pearsall E, Martel G, Hallet J 2023 Surgery View Researchers Clinical research
Medication use in Canadian blood donors Goldman M, Miller O, O'Brien SF 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Clinical research
FAQ : plasma traité au solvant-détergent (Octaplasma) Mack J, Gordon I, Romans R, Webert K, Ning S, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Plasma Components Stewart T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Humoral and Cellular Response of Transplant Recipients to a Third Dose of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Bailey AJM, Maganti HB, Cheng W, Shorr R, Arianne Buchan C, Allan DS 2023 Transplantation View Researchers Basic research
A Survey of Patient Experience in CML: American and Canadian Perspectives Hillis C, Flynn KE, Goldman EH, Moreira-Lucas TS, Visentini J, Dorman S, Ballinger R, Byrnes HF, De Palma A, Barbier V, Machado L, Atallah E 2023 Patient Prefer Adherence View Researchers Clinical research
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin induces platelet mitophagy and promotes thrombosis in Kawasaki disease Fu L, MacKeigan DT, Gong Q, Che D, Xu Y, Pi L, Sun C, Yu H, Chen K, Zhou H, Jiang Z, Wang Z, Zhang L, Cerenzia EG, Ni H, Gu X 2023 Brit J Haem View Researchers Clinical research
Transfusion Camp: Successes and challenges in scaling and expanding a transfusion medicine education program Lin Y, Khandelwal A, Kapitany C, Chargé S 2023 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Education research
Prevalence of selected bleeding and thrombotic events in persons with hemophilia versus the general population: A scoping review Shapiro AD, Hardesty BM, Peyvandi F, Iorio A 2023 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
FAQ: Solvent detergent (S/D) treated plasma (Octaplasma) Mack J, Gordon R, Romans R, Webert K, Ning S, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Composants plasmatiques Stewart T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Auditing a recently implemented massive hemorrhage protocol: feasibility of assessing pre-specified metrics and compliance Leis M, Clarfield L, Lin Y, Gupta A, Da Luz L 2023 CJEM View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
KEL1 negative red cell transfusions for females of current or future child-bearing potential: A clinical impact and feasibility study Ning S, Morin PA, Elahie A, Li N, Liu Y, Barty R, Clarke G, Zeller M, Heddle NM 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Cardiovascular events among recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-A systematic review and meta-analysis Aghel N, Lui M, Wang V, Khalaf D, Mian H, Hillis C, Walker I, Leber B, Lipton JH, Aljama M, Lepic K, Berg T, Garcia-Horton A, Petropoulos J, Masoom H, Leong DP 2023 Bone Marrow Transplant View Researchers Clinical research
Dual roles of fucoidan-GPIbα interaction in thrombosis and hemostasis: implications for drug development targeting GPIbα Shen C, Mackeigan DT, Shoara AA, Xu R, Bhoria P, Karakas D, Ma W, Cerenzia E, Chen Z, Hoard B, Lin L, Lei X, Zhu G, Chen P, Johnson PE, Ni H 2023 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of mesenchymal stromal cells to treat coronavirus disease 2019: is it too late? Kirkham AM, Bailey AJM, Shorr R, Lalu MM, Fergusson DA, Allan DS 2023 Cytotherapy View Researchers Clinical research
Development and internal validation of a clinical prediction model for the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia: reply Mahamad S, Li N, Arnold DM 2023 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
White paper on pandemic preparedness in the blood supply Strengers P, O'Brien SF, Politis C, Mayr W, Seifried E, Spencer BR 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
T cell-mediated autoimmunity in immune thrombocytopenia Vrbensky JR, Nazy I, Clare R, Larché M, Arnold DM 2022 Eur J Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
Implementation of a blood bank generated tube for second blood group determination: Challenges, yield, and cost Obaidallah N, Downie H, Colavecchia C, Callum J, Lin Y 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Impact of cardiopulmonary bypass duration on efficacy of fibrinogen replacement with cryoprecipitate compared with fibrinogen concentrate: a <em>post hoc</em> analysis of the Fibrinogen Replenishment in Surgery (FIBRES) randomised controlled trial Bartoszko J, Martinez-Perez S, Callum J, Karkouti K, Farouh ME, Scales DC, Heddle NM, Crowther M, Rao V, Hucke H-P, Carroll J, Grewal D, Brar S, Brussières J, Grocott H, Harle C, Pavenski K, Rochon A, Saha T, Shepherd L, Syed S, Tran D, Wong D, Zeller M 2022 Br J Anaesth View Researchers Clinical research
Evaluation of the performance of multiple immunoassay diagnostic platforms on the National Microbiology Laboratory SARS-CoV-2 National Serology Panel Dibernardo A, Toledo NP, Robinson A, Osiowy C, Giles E, Day J, Lindsay LR, Drebot MA, Booth TF, Pidduck T, Baily A, Charlton CL, Tipples G, Kanji JN, Brochu G, Lang A, Therrien C, Bélanger-Collard M, Beaulac S-N, Gilfix BM, Boivin G, Hamelin M-È, Carbonneau J, Lévesque S, Martin P, Finzi A, Gendron-Lepage G, Goyette G, Benlarbi M, Gasser R, Fortin C, Martel-Lafferrière V, Lavoie M, Guérin R, Haraoui L-P, Renaud C, Jenkins C, O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Conrod V, Tran V, Awrey B, Scheuermann R, DuPuis A, Payne A, Warszycki C, Girardin R, Lee W, Zahariadis G, Jiao L, Needle R, Cordenbach J, Zaharatos J, Taylor K, Teltscher M, Miller M, Elsherif M, Robertson P, Robinson JL 2022 J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
The bending rigidity of the red blood cell cytoplasmic membrane Himbert S, D’Alessandro A, Qadri SM, Majcher MJ, Hoare T, Sheffield WP, Nagao M, Nagle JF, Rheinstädter MC 2022 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research
FAQ: Information for health professionals on pathogen-reduced platelets Ning S, Tordon B, Zeller M, Anani W 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Whole blood donor return rates after deferral for tattooing or body piercing—Survey across blood donation services: The BEST collaborative study Quee F, O'Brien SF, Prinsze F, Steele WR, Grégoire Y, Cutajar A, Wendel S, Compernolle V, Goldman M, van den Hurk K, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2022 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Sommaire des réactions transfusionnelles indésirables Yan M 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Pathogen-reduced buffy coat platelets Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Early and out-of-hospital use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: An international assessment of utilization and feasibility Al-Riyami AZ, Estcourt L, Rahimi-Levene N, Bloch EM, Goel R, Tiberghien P, Thibert J-B, Bruun MT, Devine DV, Gammon RR, Wendel S, Toungouz Nevessignsky M, Grubovic Rastvorceva RM, Oreh A, Romon I, van den Berg K, Kitazawa J, Patidar G, So-Osman C, Wood EM, the ISBT COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Working Group 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
von Willebrand factor propeptide variants lead to impaired storage and ER retention in patient-derived endothelial colony-forming cells Bowman M, Casey L, Selvam SN, Lima PDA, Rawley O, Hinds M, Tuttle A, Grabell J, Iorio A, Walker I, Lillicrap D, James P 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia: Updates in pathobiology and diagnosis Jevtic SD, Arnold DM, Modi D, Ivetic N, Bissola AL, Nazy I 2022 Front Cardiovasc Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Accuracy of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision Codes for Identifying Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Liu B, Hadzi-Tosev M, Liu Y, Lucier KJ, Garg A, Li S, Heddle NM, Rochwerg B, Ning S 2022 Crit Care Explor View Health care providers Clinical research
A Primer on Biostatistics Shih AW, Li N, Montemayor C, Heddle NM 2022 Practical Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Concentré de recherche: Des questions de sélection fondées sur le comportement sexuel?: comprendre et atténuer le?malaise des donneurs Woo H 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators MSM research
User-Centered Development and Testing of the Online Patient-Reported Outcomes, Burdens, and Experiences (PROBE) Survey and the myPROBE App and Integration With the Canadian Bleeding Disorder Registry: Mixed Methods Study Germini F, Borg Debono V, Page D, Zuk V, Kucher A, Cotoi C, Hobson N, Sevestre M, Skinner MW, Iorio A 2022 JMIR Hum Factors View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Heparin or nonheparin anticoagulants for VITT Arnold DM 2022 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
A personalized limited sampling approach to better estimate terminal half-life of FVIII concentrates Chelle P, Iorio A, Edginton AN 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Neutralizing Antibody Titers with Anti-Spike Antibodies and ACE-2 Inhibition among Vaccinated Individuals Grunau B, Prusinkiewicz M, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Golding L, Lavoie PM, Petric M, Levett PN, Haig S, Barakauskas V, Karim ME, Jassem AN, Drews SJ, Sediqi S, Goldfarb DM 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Use of Irradiated Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Newborns to Improve Intracerebral Saturation Kirpalani HM, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Heddle NM 2022 JAMA Pediatr View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Freeze-dried plasma: From damage control resuscitation to coronavirus disease 2019 therapy Peng HT, Rhind SG, Moes K, Devine D, Jenkins C, Beckett A 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Frequency and utility of bone marrow examination in relapsed/refractory immune thrombocytopenia Taparia K, Wall E, Arnold DM, Sun HL 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Klok FA, Pai M, Huisman MV, Makris M 2022 Lancet Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
Immunohematology testing using umbilical cord blood: review of the literature, survey of practice and guidance development Hajjaj OI, Clarke G, Lieberman L, Canadian Obstetrical Pediatric Transfusion Network 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The recipe for TACO: A narrative review on the pathophysiology and potential mitigation strategies of transfusion-associated circulatory overload Bulle EB, Klanderman RB, Pendergrast J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Callum J, Vlaar APJ 2022 Blood Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Structurally Modified Bioactive Peptide Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Lentiviral Particles Expression Bhullar KS, Nael MA, Elokely KM, Drews SJ, Wu J 2022 Pharmaceutics View Researchers Basic research