Intracerebral hemorrhage among blood donors and their transfusion recipients

J Zhao, K Rostgaard, E Lauwers, T Dahlén… - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Recent reports have suggested that cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a common
cause of multiple spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs), may be transmissible …

Red blood cell donor sex associated effects on morbidity and mortality in the extremely preterm newborn

TM Crawford, CC Andersen, MJ Stark - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transfusion exposure increases the risk of death in critically ill patients of all ages. This was
thought to relate to co-morbidities in the transfusion recipient. However, donor …

The healthy donor effect and survey participation, becoming a donor and donor career

T Brodersen, K Rostgaard, CJ Lau, K Juel… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The healthy donor effect (HDE) is a selection bias caused by the health criteria
blood donors must meet. It obscures investigations of beneficial/adverse health effects of …

An agnostic study of associations between ABO and RhD blood group and phenome-wide disease risk

T Dahlén, M Clements, J Zhao, ML Olsson, G Edgren - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Background: There are multiple known associations between the ABO and RhD blood
groups and disease. No systematic population-based studies elucidating associations …

Mortality among patients undergoing blood transfusion in relation to donor sex and parity: a natural experiment

J Zhao, A Sjölander, G Edgren - JAMA Internal Medicine, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prior evidence suggests that plasma and platelet transfusions from female and
parous donors are associated with adverse clinical outcomes, which has led to the …

How do we decide how representative our donors are for public health surveillance?

SF O'Brien, SJ Drews, A Lewin, A Russell… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Surveillance of blood donors is fundamental to safety of the blood supply. Such
data can also be useful for public health policy but tend to be underutilized. When the …

The future of blood services amid a tight balance between the supply and demand of blood products: Perspectives from the ISBT Young Professional Council

A Lewin, E McGowan, J Ou‐Yang, LA Boateng… - Vox …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives Blood services manage the increasingly tight balance
between the supply and demand of blood products, and their role in health research is …

[HTML][HTML] Discordance and performance of the ARC-HBR and PRECISE-DAPT high bleeding risk definitions after coronary stenting

CE Lim, M Simonsson, B Pasternak, T Jernberg… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background The aim of the ARC-HBR (Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding
Risk) and PRECISE-DAPT (Predicting Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Stent …

Frequent platelet donation is associated with lymphopenia and risk of infections: a nationwide cohort study

J Zhao, E Gabriel, R Norda, P Höglund, L Baden… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Recently, plateletpheresis donations using a widely used leukoreduction
system (LRS) chamber have been associated with T‐cell lymphopenia. However, clinical …

Research partnerships between blood services and public health authorities: an international, cross‐sectional survey

A Lewin, C Osiowy, C Erikstrup, B Custer… - Vox …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives The COVID‐19 pandemic has brought to the fore how
blood services can partner with public health (PH) authorities to inform decisions. Yet the …