Plasma utilization has increased over the past two decades, and there is a growing concern
that many plasma transfusions are inappropriate. Plasma transfusion is not without risk, and …

Transfusion of plasma can lead to adverse reactions or events. Immune-mediated reactions
are most common—these include allergic and anaphylactic reactions, transfusion-related …

Both fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and platelets are heavily used in massive transfusion.
Although FFP can partially correct abnormal coagulation, a recent systematic review …

Context.—Serious noninfectious complications are far more likely to occur than viral disease
transmission from blood component transfusion. Objective.—To compile a comprehensive …

As infectious complications from blood transfusion have decreased because of improved
donor questionnaires and sophisticated infectious disease blood screening, noninfectious …

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Blood transfusion is considered safe when the infused blood is tested using state of the art
viral assays developed over the past several decades. Only rarely are known viruses like …

Millions of units of blood products are transfused annually to patients in the United States.
Red blood cells are transfused to improve oxygen-carrying capacity in patients with or at …

Notifications to the US FDA show that transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is now
the most common reported cause of fatality associated with blood transfusion. 1 The majority …

As screening for transfusion-associated infections has improved, non-infectious
complications of transfusion now cause the majority of morbidity and mortality associated …