The effect of mobilizing large numbers of CD34 + cells (super-mobilizers) on the engraftment and survival in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation
With the use of plerixafor in addition to growth factor for peripheral blood stem cell mobilization, the yield of autologous stem cell harvest has been higher while the length of apheresis days has become shorter. There is still debate whether higher cell collection efficacy in autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) affect outcomes. In this retrospective study, we defined two groups of patients, group 1, super-mobilizers, with more than double the target cell dose collected (n = 15), while group 2 included all other patients (n = 75). (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 29, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Jan S. Moreb, Lori Lantos, Franklin Chen, Kathleen Elliott, James Dugan, Alan P. Skarbnik, Patricia Lamont Kropf, Kimberly Ward Source Type: research
An overview of apheresis activities in Israel 2022
Donor and therapeutic apheresis procedures are performed in many Israeli hospitals according to accepted international guidelines and standard operating procedures. A survey was sent to all blood services, apheresis institutes and blood banks in order to determine the type and number of procedures performed in 2022. (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 29, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Vered Yahalom, Liron Miller Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
An overview of Apheresis in Israel 2022
Donor and therapeutic Apheresis procedures are performed in many Israeli hospitals according to accepted international guidelines and standard operating procedures. A survey was sent to all blood services, apheresis institutes and blood banks in order to determine the type and number of procedures performed in 2022. (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 29, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Vered Yahalom, Liron Miller Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
The Effect of Mobilizing Large Numbers of CD34+ Cells (super-mobilizers) on the Engraftment and Survival in Patients Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
With the use of plerixafor in addition to growth factor for peripheral blood stem cell mobilization, the yield of autologous stem cell harvest has been higher while the length of apheresis days has become shorter. There is still debate whether higher cell collection efficacy in autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) affect outcomes. In this retrospective study, we defined two groups of patients, group 1, super-mobilizers, with more than double the target cell dose collected (n=15), while group 2 included all other patients (n=75). (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 29, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Jan S. Moreb, Lori Lantos, Franklin Chen, Kathleen Elliott, James Dugan, Alan P Skarbnik, Patricia Lamont Kropf, Kimberly Ward Source Type: research
Blood transfusion systems in various middle income countries over the world
Safe blood for all was the motto of the World Health Organization (WHO) of World Donor Day in 2019 [1] which is still valid according to the “WHO Action Framework Action framework to advance universal access to safe, effective and quality-assured blood products 2020–2023″ [2]. Nevertheless globally seen, many patients requiring blood transfusion do not have timely access to safe blood or blood for transfusion at all [3]. The availa bility of blood / blood components is depending on many factors. Many of these factors are related to each other, e.g. (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 28, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Hans Vrielink, W. Martin Smid Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Blood Transfusion Systems in various middle income countries over the world.
Safe blood for all was the motto of the World Health Organization (WHO) of World Donor Day in 2019 [1] which is still valid according to the “WHO Action Framework Action framework to advance universal access to safe, effective and quality-assured blood products 2020–2023” [2]. Nevertheless globally seen, many patients requiring blood transfusion do not have timely access to safe blood or blood for transfusion at all [3]. The availa bility of blood / blood components is depending on many factors. Many of these factors are related to each other, e.g. (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 28, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Hans Vrielink, W. Martin Smid Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Blood Banking in Thailand 2023
Thailand, a captivating country in Southeast Asia with a total area spanning 513,120km2, finds itself bordered by Lao People's Democratic Republic to the North, Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the West and Cambodia to the East, while Malaysia lies to the South. The Gulf of Thailand graces its eastern shores, while the Andaman Sea embraces its western coast. The capital city is Bangkok in which there are approximately 5.5 million inhabitants. As of June 2023, according to official statistics registration systems in Thailand, the estimated population size has reached approximately 66 million people. (Source: Transfusion ...
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 25, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Chanakarn Vipusmith Source Type: research
Guest Editor ’s Bio
Dr. Vrielink (1958) was educated at the University of Amsterdam in Medicine and wrote his thesis (1996) on the ‘Laboratory diagnosis of viruses transmitted by blood transfusion’. Since 1985, he has worked as a transfusion and apheresis medicine specialist at Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation, the national blood transfusion service in the Netherlands. He has published many articles and chapters in internati onally recognized journals and books on various subjects. Hans Vrielink is the initiator of (inter)national courses in the field of apheresis for physicians and nurses and has trained over 1,000 apheresis nurses and ph...
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 25, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Biography Hans Vrielink Source Type: research
Clarifying the terms parasitemia, parasite density, and parasite count
According to the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice, parasitemia can be used, in addition to clinical status, to help decide when to initiate and/or discontinue red blood cell (RBC) exchange for babesiosis (caused by Babesia) and malaria (caused by Plasmodium) [5]. For example, the Guidelines for malaria mention that RBC exchange or manual exchange transfusion can improve blood flow in "severely ill patients with hyperparasitemia (>10%)" and state, “Treatment is typically discontinued after achieving significant clinical improvement and/or (Source: Tr...
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Ryan Philip Jajosky Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Parasitemia & Parasite Density are Distinct Laboratory Values that are often used Interchangeably, leading to Confusion
According to the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice, parasitemia can be used, in addition to clinical status, to help decide when to initiate and/or discontinue red blood cell (RBC) exchange for babesiosis and malaria.[1] For example, ASFA ’s RBC exchange guidelines for malaria state, “Treatment is typically discontinued after achieving significant clinical improvement and/or (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Ryan Philip Jajosky Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Blood Banking: the situation in Albania
Albania, officially named the Republic of Albania, is a country on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe located on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. The relatively small country has a total area of 28,748km2 with a population of approximately 2.8 million persons in 2022 (97/km2). Except for a long the Adriatic Sea coast, the landscape is rugged and mountainous. The capital is Tirana which is also the largest city with a population of approximately 600,000 individuals (population density of 502km2). (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Irena Seferi, Viola Shano Source Type: research
Blood banking in South Africa
South Africa is located on the southern tip of the African continent, and has a total area of 1,221,037km2.[1] The population size is 60,142,978, based on the mid-year estimate for 2021, resulting in a population density of 49.2 people per km2.[2] The executive capital city is Pretoria. Gross national income (GNI) per capita is $ 6010 per annum, South Africa is ranked 87th in the world on GNI and classified as an Upper Middle Income country.[1] (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Siemi Prithvi Raj, Marion Vermeulen, Ronel Swanevelder, Karin van den Berg, Gregory Ralph Martin Bellairs Tags: Review Source Type: research
Blood banking in the United Republic of Tanzania
With a surface area of 947,303km2, Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is the 23rd country in the world and the 12th largest in Africa [Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density (Report). United Nations Statistics Division. 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023]. Tanzania is in East of the Africa Continent and borders the Indian Ocean. Tanzania forms borders with Mozambique, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Z ambia to the southwest, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Joseph Sifueli Tags: Review Source Type: research
Status of blood transfusion safety in Cameroon
Cameroon is a Central African country on the east coast of the African continent with an area of 475.650km. It is bounded on the west by Nigeria, on the south by Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, on the east by the Central African Republic, and on the northeast by Chad. A geographical diversity characterizes this Africa in "miniature". In 2020, Cameroon's current GDP (gross domestic product) was estimated at 1,500 $ gross national income (GNI) per capita (151th) with an annual growth rate of 5.9%. (Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science)
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Claude Tayou Tagny Tags: Review Source Type: research
Blood banking: the situation in ROMANIA
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Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Violeta Oancea, Olivia Burta, Alina Dobrota Source Type: research
