Transfusion Medicine — Blood Transfusion

A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care

1999 • 4,950 citations

A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care

1999 • 2,099 citations

Surveillance for waterborne-disease outbreaks--United States, 1993-1994.

1996 • 2,061 citations

The Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Viral Infections

1996 • 1,893 citations

Detection of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in Prospectively Followed Transfusion Recipients with Acute and Chronic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

1989 • 1,698 citations

The Natural History of Community-Acquired Hepatitis C in the United States

1992 • 1,614 citations

Clinical Outcomes after Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis C

1995 • 1,228 citations

Association of Perioperative Myocardial Ischemia with Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality in Men Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

1990 • 1,021 citations

Practice Guidelines for blood component therapy: A report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Blood Component Therapy.

1996 • 897 citations

Diagnostic and pathogenetic considerations in transfusion‐related acute lung injury

1985 • 828 citations

Effect of Stored-Blood Transfusion on Oxygen Delivery in Patients With Sepsis

1993 • 807 citations

Reports of 355 transfusion‐associated deaths: 1976 through 1985

1990 • 736 citations

Practice Guidelines for Blood Component Therapy

1996 • 730 citations

Routes of Infection, Viremia, and Liver Disease in Blood Donors Found to Have Hepatitis C Virus Infection

1996 • 649 citations

Consensus conference. Perioperative red blood cell transfusion

1988 • 621 citations

Beneficial Effects of Leukocyte Depletion of Transfused Blood on Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

1998 • 565 citations

Blood Transfusions and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer

1993 • 564 citations

Serum Alanine Aminotransferase of Donors in Relation to the Risk of Non-A,Non-B Hepatitis in Recipients

1981 • 489 citations

The association of biologically active lipids with the development of transfusion‐related acute lung injury: a retrospective study

1997 • 450 citations

Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Postoperative Mortality

1998 • 441 citations

Randomised comparison of leucocyte-depleted versus buffy-coat-poor blood transfusion and complications after colorectal surgery

1996 • 436 citations

Variability in Transfusion Practice for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Persists Despite National Consensus Guidelines

1998 • 427 citations

Randomised controlled trial comparing transfusion of leucocyte-depleted or buffy-coat-depleted blood in surgery for colorectal cancer

1994 • 392 citations

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY IN AN INFANT: POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION BY MEANS OF BLOOD PRODUCTS

1983 • 382 citations

Maximizing oxygen delivery in critically ill patients

1996 • 357 citations

Estimated Risk of Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Screened Blood in the United States

1995 • 356 citations

Biologic effects of leukocytes present in transfused cellular blood products

1994 • 355 citations

Association of Perioperative Myocardial Ischemia with Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality in Men Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

1991 • 348 citations

Photochemical inactivation of viruses and bacteria in platelet concentrates by use of a novel psoralen and long‐wavelength ultraviolet light

1997 • 347 citations

Blood transfusion-modulated tumor recurrence: first results of a randomized study of autologous versus allogeneic blood transfusion in colorectal cancer surgery.

1994 • 347 citations

Biologic effects of leukocytes present in transfused cellular blood products

1994 • 335 citations

Practice Strategies for Elective Red Blood Cell Transfusion

1992 • 334 citations

A report of 104 transfusion errors in New York State

1992 • 330 citations

The variability of transfusion practice in coronary artery bypass surgery. Transfusion Medicine Academic Award Group

1991 • 328 citations

Hepatitis B Virus Antibody in Blood Donors and the Occurrence of Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis in Transfusion Recipients

1984 • 308 citations

Collection and transfusion of blood and blood components in the United States, 1994

1998 • 299 citations

Rapid Development of Myelopathy after HTLV-I Infection Acquired by Transfusion during Cardiac Transplantation

1990 • 272 citations

PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF PRETRANSPLANT BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN CADAVER KIDNEY RECIPIENTS

1997 • 255 citations

Collection and Transfusion of Blood in the United States, 1982–1988

1990 • 250 citations

Comparison of two transfusion strategies after elective operations for myocardial revascularization

1992 • 250 citations

A prospective study of transmission by transfusion of HTLV‐I and risk factors associated with seroconversion

1992 • 247 citations

Blood Product-Associated Bacterial Sepsis

1991 • 247 citations

HIV-1/HIV-2 seronegativity in HIV-1 subtype 0 infected patients

1994 • 238 citations

A pilot randomized trial comparing symptomatic vs. hemoglobin‐level‐ driven red blood cell transfusions following hip fracture

1998 • 236 citations

Why do they give the gift of life? A review of research on blood donors since 1977

1990 • 234 citations

The differentiation of delayed serologic and delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions: incidence, long‐term serologic findings, and clinical significance

1990 • 225 citations

Transfusion‐associated cancer recurrence and postoperative infection: meta‐analysis of randomized, controlled clinical trials

1996 • 213 citations

Collection and transfusion of blood and blood components in the United States, 1992

1995 • 207 citations

Perioperative myocardial ischemic episodes are related to hematocrit level in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

1998 • 195 citations

Hematocrit value on intensive care unit entry influences the frequency of Q-wave myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting

1998 • 193 citations

Safety of the Blood Supply in the United States: Opportunities and Controversies

1997 • 181 citations

Risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by blood transfusions before the implementation of HIV‐1 antibody screening

1991 • 177 citations

The incidence/window period model and its use to assess the risk of transfusion-transmitted human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infection

1997 • 171 citations

Collection and transfusion of blood and blood components in the United States, 1989

1993 • 168 citations

Economic impact of inappropriate blood transfusions in coronary artery bypass graft surgery

1993 • 134 citations

Blood loss and replacement in total hip arthroplasty: a multicenter study. The Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation Study Group

1992 • 127 citations

Long‐term survival after blood transfusion

1994 • 123 citations

Guidelines for Counseling Persons Infected with Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) and Type II (HTLV-II)

1993 • 119 citations

Retention of “safe” blood donors. The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study

1998 • 106 citations

Effect of stored-blood transfusion on oxygen delivery in patients with sepsis

1993 • 106 citations

Current status of microbial contamination of blood components: summary of a conference

1997 • 104 citations

The Nation's Changing Blood Supply System

1993 • 94 citations

On the need for improved transfusion indicators in cardiac surgery

1995 • 91 citations

Red cell transfusions in coronary artery bypass surgery (DRGs 106 and 107)

1992 • 89 citations

Red cell transfusions in total knee and total hip replacement surgery

1991 • 88 citations

Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion by Immunization With Paternal Lymphocytes: Results of a Controlled Trial

1993 • 82 citations

Blood Donation by the Elderly

1987 • 80 citations

An Analysis of Blood Transfusion of Surgical Patients by Sex: A Quest for the Transfusion Trigger

1980 • 79 citations

Modification of fresh‐frozen plasma transfusion practices through educational intervention

1990 • 78 citations

Identifying elective orthopedic surgical patients transfused with amounts of blood in excess of need: the transfusion trigger revisited

1992 • 77 citations

The specific hospital significantly affects red cell and component transfusion practice in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a study of five hospitals

1998 • 71 citations

The red cell transfusion trigger: has a sin of commission now become a sin of omission?

1998 • 71 citations

An automated system for bedside verification of the match between patient identification and blood unit identification

1996 • 70 citations

Visual identification of bacterially contaminated red cells

1992 • 70 citations

Markers for Transfusion-Transmitted Disease in Different Groups of Blood Donors

1989 • 64 citations

Trends in transfusion‐associated acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the United States, 1982 through 1991

1993 • 63 citations

Impact of explicit questions about high‐risk activities on donor attitudes and donor deferral patterns. Results in two community blood centers

1989 • 62 citations

The effectiveness of the confidential unit exclusion option

1994 • 60 citations

Human parvoviruses: implications for transfusion medicine

1994 • 60 citations

A cost‐effectiveness analysis of the use of a mechanical barrier system to reduce the risk of mistransfusion

1996 • 57 citations

Evaluating the Appropriateness of Red Blood Cell Transfusions: the Limitations of Retrospective Medical Record Reviews

1996 • 57 citations

Paid-versus-volunteer blood donation in the united states: A historical review

1995 • 55 citations

Multi‐gallon blood donors: who are they?

1995 • 54 citations

Human T-cell leukemia virus type II infection frequently goes undetected in contemporary US blood donors

1993 • 51 citations

Transfusion transmitted Yersinia enterocolitica infection in New Zealand

1997 • 49 citations

Epidemiology of red blood cell utilization

1996 • 44 citations

Effectiveness of transfusion audits and practice guidelines.

1994 • 44 citations

Changing blood use in the AIDS era: the case of elective hip surgery

1994 • 43 citations

Food and Drug Administration Conference on the Feasibility of Genetic Technology to Close the HIV Window in Donor Screening

1997 • 43 citations

Effects of oral donor questioning about high‐risk behaviors for human immunodeficiency virus infection

1992 • 41 citations

Prospective‐concurrent audits and medical consultation for platelet transfusions

1987 • 40 citations

Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practices in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery: A Multi-Institutional Analysis

1998 • 38 citations

Transfusion requirements in critical care. A pilot study. Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

1995 • 38 citations

Joint statement on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) related to transfusion*

1983 • 37 citations

The Collaborative Hospital Transfusion Study: variations in use of autologous blood account for hospital differences in red cell use during primary hip and knee surgery

1998 • 36 citations

Surveillance for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group O infections in the United States

1996 • 32 citations

The risk of an overt hemolytic transfusion reaction following the use of an immediate spin crossmatch.

1990 • 31 citations

Changing transfusion practices in hip and knee arthroplasty

1998 • 28 citations

Discharge haematocrit as clinical indicator for blood transfusion audit in surgery patients

1994 • 26 citations

Computer-assisted audits of blood component transfusion

1989 • 23 citations

Are retrospective peer-review transfusion monitoring systems effective in reducing red blood cell utilization?

1996 • 22 citations

Comparison of two anti‐hepatitis C virus enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assays

1995 • 17 citations

The nation's changing blood supply system

1993 • 13 citations

Blood donation by the elderly. Clinical and policy considerations

1987 • 6 citations

Markers for transfusion-transmitted disease in different groups of blood donors

1989 • 5 citations