Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is difficult to treat and is associated with a high
mortality rate. The most severe form of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also leads to …

Background We hypothesized that cannulation strategy in venoarterial extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) could play a crucial role in the perioperative survival of …

Objective To provide an update on key safety metrics after transfusion of convalescent
plasma in hospitalized coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients, having previously …

Background Convalescent plasma (CP), despite limited evidence on its efficacy, is being
widely used as a compassionate therapy for hospitalized patients with COVID-19. We aimed …

To assess whether high-dose coronavirus disease (COVID-19) convalescent plasma (CCP)
transfusion may benefit patients with severe COVID-19, we conducted a multicenter …

Transfusion reactions are defined as adverse events associated with the transfusion of
blood products (Table 1). Nearly 21 million blood components are transfused each year in …

Objectives To review the new current diagnostic criteria of transfusion-associated circulatory
overload (TACO) and transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) from the literature while …

Transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO) is one of the leading causes of
transfusion related morbidity and mortality. TACO is the result of hydrostatic pulmonary …

Patient Blood Management advocates an individualized treatment approach, tailored to
each patient's needs, in order to reduce unnecessary exposure to allogeneic blood …

Pulmonary complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are important
sources of morbidity and mortality. Improvements in infection-related complications have …