Transfusion Content Alert: 52, 4 (April 2012)

Volume 52, Issue 4 Pages 687 - 920, April 2012

The latest issue of Transfusion is available on
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/trf.2012.52.issue-4/issuetoc

* In this issue

In this issue (page 687)
Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03335.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03335.x/abstract)

* EDITORIAL

Anemia, iron depletion, and the blood donor: it's time to work on the donor's behalf (pages 688–692)
Mark A. Popovsky
Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.

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(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03562.x/abstract)

* TRANSFUSION MEDICINE HISTORY ILLUSTRATED

Giving blood with music (page 693)
Jean‐Jacques Lefrère
Article first published online: 26 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03354.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03354.x/abstract)

* HOW DO I . . .?

Continuing Medical Education Program in Transfusion (page 694)
Anne F. Eder
Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03662.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03662.x/abstract)

How do I transfuse platelets (PLTs) to reverse anti‐PLT drug effect? (CME) (pages 695–701)
Ravi Sarode
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03282.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03282.x/abstract)

* BLOOD DONORS AND BLOOD COLLECTION

Iron deficiency in blood donors: the REDS‐II Donor Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) study (pages 702–711)
Ritchard G. Cable, Simone A. Glynn, Joseph E. Kiss, Alan E. Mast, Whitney R. Steele, Edward L. Murphy, David J. Wright, Ronald A. Sacher, Jerry L. Gottschall, Leslie H. Tobler and Toby L. Simon, for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study‐II (REDS‐II)
Article first published online: 24 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03401.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03401.x/abstract)

Demographics of successful, unsuccessful and deferral visits at six blood centers over a 4‐year period (pages 712–721)
Brian Custer, Karen Schlumpf, Toby L. Simon, Bryan R. Spencer, David J. Wright and Susan L. Wilkinson, for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study‐II (REDS‐II)
Article first published online: 26 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03353.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03353.x/abstract)

Interdonation intervals and patterns of return among blood donors in Brazil (pages 722–728)
Cesar de Almeida Neto, Alfredo Mendrone Jr, Brian Custer, Jing Liu, Anna Bárbara Carneiro‐Proietti, Silvana A. Carneiro Leão, David J. Wright, Edward L. Murphy and Ester Cerdeira Sabino, for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study‐II (REDS‐II), International Component
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03358.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03358.x/abstract)

* TRANSFUSION PRACTICE

Blood transfusion utilization and recipient survival at Hospital das Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil (pages 729–738)
Thelma T. Goncalez, Ester C. Sabino, Ligia Capuani, Jing Liu, David J. Wright, Judy H. Walsh, Joao E. Ferreira, Dalton A. Chamone, Michael P. Busch and Brian Custer, for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study‐II (REDS‐II) and International Component
Article first published online: 10 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03387.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03387.x/abstract)

Romiplostim efficacy in an acute myeloid leukemia patient with transfusion refractory thrombocytopenia (pages 739–741)
Maxime Berthelot‐Richer, Brigitte Boilard, Annie Morin, Brigitte Bolduc, Patrice Beauregard and Rami Kotb
Article first published online: 14 NOV 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03382.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03382.x/abstract)

A comparison of volume‐reduced versus standard HLA/HPA–matched apheresis platelets in alloimmunized adult patients (pages 742–751)
Áine Honohan, Bert Tomson, Johanna van der Bom, René de Vries and Anneke Brand
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03364.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03364.x/abstract)

* BLOOD GROUP GENOMICS

Report of the first nationally implemented clinical routine screening for fetal RHD in D− pregnant women to ascertain the requirement for antenatal RhD prophylaxis (pages 752–758)
Frederik Banch Clausen, Mette Christiansen, Rudi Steffensen, Steffen Jørgensen, Christian Nielsen, Marianne Antonius Jakobsen, Rikke Dyhrberg Madsen, Karina Jensen, Grethe Risum Krog, Klaus Rieneck, Ulrik Sprogøe, Keld Mikkelsen Homburg, Niels Grunnet and Morten Hanefeld Dziegiel
Article first published online: 13 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03362.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03362.x/abstract)

Variant screening of the RHD gene in a large cohort of subjects with D phenotype ambiguity: report of 17 novel rare alleles (pages 759–764)
Yann Fichou, Cédric Le Maréchal, Laurence Bryckaert, Christine Guerry, Caroline Bénech, Isabelle Dupont, Déborah Jamet, Claude Férec and Jian‐Min Chen
Article first published online: 26 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03350.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03350.x/abstract)

* TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY

Apheresis‐related enrichment of CD26++ T lymphocytes: phenotypic characterization and correlation with unfavorable outcome in autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (pages 765–776)
Martin Hildebrandt, Dorothea Dijkstra, Hella Gollasch, Kerstin Daemen, Maja Stevanovic‐Meyer and Wolf‐Dieter Ludwig
Article first published online: 26 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03351.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03351.x/abstract)

Risk factors for microbial contamination of peripheral blood stem cell products (pages 777–781)
Ayhan Donmez, Sohret Aydemir, Bahar Arik, Alper Tunger, Feriha Cilli, Mehmet Orman and Murat Tombuloglu
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03359.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03359.x/abstract)

Relationship of CD34+ cells infused and red blood cell transfusion requirements after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplants: a novel method of analysis (pages 782–786)
Lindsay C. Dunlop and Gillian Z. Heller
Article first published online: 6 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03360.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03360.x/abstract)

Awareness and acceptance of public cord blood banking among practicing obstetricians in the United States (pages 787–793)
Tim Walker, Del Steckler, Stephen Spellman, Darlene Haven, Kathy Welte and Michael Boo
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03383.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03383.x/abstract)

* BLOOD COMPONENTS

Immunosuppressive effects of red blood cells on monocytes are related to both storage time and storage solution (pages 794–802)
Jennifer Muszynski, Jyotsna Nateri, Kathleen Nicol, Kristin Greathouse, Lisa Hanson and Mark Hall
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03348.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03348.x/abstract)

Preparation of commercial quantities of a hyperimmune human intravenous immunoglobulin preparation against an emerging infectious disease: the example of pandemic H1N1 influenza (pages 803–809)
Thomas R. Kreil, John K. Mc Vey, Laura Shau‐Ping Lei, Laureano Camacho, Walter Wodal, Astrid Kerschbaum, Edy Segura, Etienne Vandamme, Patrick Gavit, Hartmut J. Ehrlich, P. Noel Barrett and Donald A. Baker
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03347.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03347.x/abstract)

Development of a quality monitoring program for platelet components: a report of the first four years' experience at Canadian Blood Services (pages 810–818)
Elena Levin, Craig Jenkins, Brankica Culibrk, Maria I.C. Gyöngyössy‐Issa, Katherine Serrano and Dana V. Devine
Article first published online: 7 NOV 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03402.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03402.x/abstract)

Volume‐reduced platelet concentrates: optimization of production and storage conditions (pages 819–827)
Pieter F. van der Meer, Ido J. Bontekoe, Guido Kruit, Geert Peeters, Pleun J. van Toledo, Bert Tomson and Dirk de Korte
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03357.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03357.x/abstract)

Spray: single‐donor plasma product for room temperature storage (pages 828–833)
Garrett S. Booth, Jay N. Lozier, Khanh Nghiem, Douglas Clibourn, Harvey G. Klein and Willy A. Flegel
Article first published online: 2 NOV 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03419.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03419.x/abstract)

Comparative in vitro evaluation of apheresis platelets stored with 100% plasma or 65% platelet additive solution III/35% plasma and including periods without agitation under simulated shipping conditions (pages 834–843)
Gary Moroff, James Kurtz, Shalini Seetharaman, Andrey Skripchenko, Helen Awatefe, Dedeene Thompson‐Montgomery, Andrew Myrup and Stephen J. Wagner
Article first published online: 20 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03390.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03390.x/abstract)

* IMMUNOLOGY

Antibodies to co‐trimoxazole (trimethoprim and/or sulfamethoxazole) related to the presence of the drug in a commercial low‐ionic‐strength solution (pages 844–848)
Bach‐Nga Pham, Dominique Gien, Farid Bensaad, Jérome Babinet, Isabelle Dubeaux, Philippe Rouger and Pierre‐Yves Le Pennec
Article first published online: 12 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03327.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03327.x/abstract)

Alloimmunization to transfused platelets requires priming of CD4+ T cells in the splenic microenvironment in a murine model (pages 849–859)
Christopher R. Gilson and James C. Zimring
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03346.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03346.x/abstract)

Natural anti‐A and anti‐B of the ABO system: allo‐ and autoantibodies have different epitope specificity (pages 860–869)
Polina Obukhova, Elena Korchagina, Stephen Henry and Nicolai Bovin
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03381.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03381.x/abstract)

* DONOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTING

Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of transmission by transfusions at Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study‐II blood centers in Brazil (pages 870–879)
Ester C. Sabino, Thelma T. Gonçalez, Anna Bárbara Carneiro‐Proietti, Moussa Sarr, João Eduardo Ferreira, Divaldo A. Sampaio, Nanci A. Salles, David J. Wright, Brian Custer and Michael Busch, for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study‐II (REDS‐II), International Component
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03344.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03344.x/abstract)

Hepatitis B virus transmission by blood transfusion during 4 years of individual‐donation nucleic acid testing in South Africa: estimated and observed window period risk (pages 880–892)
Marion Vermeulen, Caroline Dickens, Nico Lelie, Evangelia Walker, Charl Coleman, Mark Keyter, Ravi Reddy, Robert Crookes and Anna Kramvis
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03355.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03355.x/abstract)

* CONFERENCE REPORT

Best practice for peripheral blood progenitor cell mobilization and collection in adults and children: results of a Società Italiana Di Emaferesi e Manipolazione Cellulare (SIDEM) and Gruppo Italiano Trapianto Midollo Osseo (GITMO) consensus process (pages 893–905)
Luca Pierelli, Paolo Perseghin, Monia Marchetti, Patrizia Accorsi, Renato Fanin, Chiara Messina, Attilio Olivieri, Marco Risso, Laura Salvaneschi and Alberto Bosi, for Società Italiana Di Emaferesi and Manipolazione Cellulare (SIDEM) and Gruppo Italiano Trapianto Midollo Osseo (GITMO)
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03385.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03385.x/abstract)

* REVIEW

Preemptive use of plerixafor in difficult‐to‐mobilize patients: an emerging concept (pages 906–914)
Esa Jantunen and Roberto M. Lemoli
Article first published online: 7 OCT 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03349.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03349.x/abstract)

* LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The human platelet antigen‐21bw is relatively common among Asians and is a potential trigger for neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (pages 915–916)
Julie A. Peterson, Shannon M. Pechauer, Maria L. Gitter, Aniko Szabo, Brian R. Curtis and Richard H. Aster
Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03508.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03508.x/abstract)

Strict anaerobic Staphylococcus saccharolyticus isolates recovered from contaminated platelet concentrates fail to multiply during platelet storage (pages 916–917)
Hamza Ali, Ineke G.H. Rood, Dirk de Korte and Sandra Ramírez‐Arcos
Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03510.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03510.x/abstract)

Is the SCID mouse model applicable to human acute lung injury? (pages 917–919)
Laurence Corash and Adonis Stassinopoulos
Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03522.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03522.x/abstract)

In reply (pages 919–920)
Monique P. Gelderman and Jaroslav G. Vostal
Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03571.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03571.x/abstract)