Use of epoetin in patients with cancer: evidence-based clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.
Published this month in Blood and the Journal of Clinical Oncology are the much discussed and debated guidelines of a blue ribbon panel on the evidence-based use of erythropoietin in […]
Analysis of 516 reaction reports after transfusion of blood cell components.
The article gives data on transfusion reactions that are not conclusive. There is no doubt about the reduction of non-hemolytic transfusion reactions in chronically transfused patients when using leukodepleted cellular […]
Release of interleukin-10 by reinfusion of salvaged blood after knee arthroplasty.
Another confirmation that cell washing is essential to eliminate mediators contaminating wound blood, and that changes in interleukin levels are mainly dependent on other factors. – E. Hansen.