Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
The first case of severe acute hemolytic transfusion reaction caused by anti-Sc2 Lemay A-S, Tong TN, Branch DR, Huang M, Sumner C, Oldfield L, Hawes J, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Lau W 2018 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Low-molecular-weight heparin venous thromboprophylaxis in critically ill patients with renal dysfunction: A subgroup analysis of the PROTECT trial Pai M, Adhikari NKJ, Ostermann M, Heels-Ansdell D, Douketis JD, Skrobik Y, Qushmaq I, Meade M, Guyatt G, Geerts W, Walsh MW, Crowther MA, Friedrich JO, Burry L, Bellomo R, Brandao da Silva N, Costa Filho R, Cox MJ, Alves Silva S, Cook DJ, on behalf of the PROTECT Investigators 2018 PLoS One View Researchers Clinical research
Ultraviolet-based pathogen inactivation systems: untangling the molecular targets activated in platelets Schubert P, Johnson L, Marks DC, Devine DV 2018 Front Med View Researchers Basic research
Intravenous immune globulin to prevent heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Climans TH, Morin P-A 2018 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Other
Does my complex patient have DIC? Shih A 2018 CanadiEM website View Health care providers Other
rIgG1 Fc hexamer inhibits antibody-mediated autoimmune disease via effects on complement and FcgammaRs Spirig R, Campbell IK, Koernig S, Chen CG, Lewis BJB, Butcher R, Muir I, Taylor S, Chia J, Leong D, Simmonds J, Scotney P, Schmidt P, Fabri L, Hofmann A, Jordi M, Spycher MO, Cattepoel S, Brasseit J, Panousis C, Rowe T, Branch DR, Baz Morelli A, Kasermann F, Zuercher AW 2018 J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Unrelated donor choices for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in Canada: an evaluation of factors influencing donor selection Greco-Stewart V, Kiernan J, Killeen D, Haun S, Mercer D, Young K, Liwski RS, Allan DS 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Immune Globulin Products Harding R, Lazarus A 2018 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Improving quality of care for patients with iron deficiency anemia presenting to the emergency department Khadadah F, Callum J, Shelton D, Lin Y 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Cellular immune responses to platelet factor 4 and heparin complexes in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Nazy I, Clare R, Staibano P, Warkentin TE, Larché M, Moore JC, Smith JW, Whitlock RP, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Modulating Intracellular Ice Growth with Cell-Permeating Small-Molecule Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors Poisson JS, Acker JP, Briard JG, Meyer JE, Ben RN 2018 Langmuir View Researchers Basic research
Routine screening method for microparticles in platelet transfusions Millar D, Murphy L, Labrie A, Maurer-Spurej E 2018 J Vis Exp View Health care providers New or improved product or process
The Monocyte Monolayer Assay: Past, Present and Future Tong TN, Cen S, Branch DR 2018 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Basic research
Managing antithrombotic therapy in immune thrombocytopenia: development of the TH2 risk assessment score Balitsky AK, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2018 Blood View Researchers New or improved product or process
Focusing in on use of pharmacokinetic profiles in routine hemophilia care Croteau SE, Callaghan MU, Davis J, Dunn AL, Guerrera M, Khan O, Neufeld EJ, Raffini LJ, Recht M, Wang M, Iorio A 2018 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Core outcome set for gene therapy in haemophilia: Results of the coreHEM multistakeholder project Iorio A, Skinner MW, Clearfield E, Messner D, Pierce GF, Witkop M, Tunis S 2018 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
rIgG1 Fc Hexamer Inhibits Antibody-Mediated Autoimmune Disease via Effects on Complement and Fc?Rs Spirig R, Campbell IK, Koernig S, Chen C-G, Lewis BJB, Butcher R, Muir I, Taylor S, Chia J, Leong D, Simmonds J, Scotney P, Schmidt P, Fabri L, Hofmann A, Jordi M, Spycher MO, Cattepoel S, Brasseit J, Panousis C, Rowe T, Branch DR, Baz Morelli A, Kaesermann F, Zuercher AW 2018 J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Acquired factor XIII deficiency: A review Yan MTS, Rydz N, Goodyear D, Sholzberg M 2018 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Other
Exploring donor and product factors and their impact on red cell post-transfusion outcomes Ning S, Heddle NM, Acker JP 2018 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Targeting transfusion-related acute lung injury: the journey from basic science to novel therapies Semple JW, McVey MJ, Kim M, Rebetz J, Kuebler WM, Kapur R 2018 Crit Care Med View Researchers Basic research
Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn and Perinatal Immune Thrombocytopenia Clarke G, Hannon J 2018 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Concentré de recherche: Comment l'anti-D est-il capable d'empêcher la maladie hémolytique du foetus et du nouveau-né? Réponses à  l'aide d'un modèle murin Lazarus A 2018 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Natural, not immune; classical, not alternative Warkentin TE 2018 Blood View Researchers Other
Assignment of cytomegalovirus infection status in infants awaiting solid organ transplant: Viral detection methods as adjuncts to serology Burton CE, Dragan T, Mabilangan CA, O'Brien SF, Fearon M, Scalia V, Preiksaitis JK 2018 Pediatr Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Improving Time to Antibiotics for Pediatric Oncology Patients With Fever and Suspected Neutropenia by Applying Lean Principles Geerlinks AV, Digout C, Bernstein M, Chan A, MacPhee S, Pambrun C, Gallant G, Wyatt L, Fernandez CV, Price VE 2018 Pediatric Emergency Care View Researchers New or improved product or process
More than one way to enhance bacterial detection in platelet components Kamel H, Goldman M 2018 Transfusion View Other New or improved product or process
IVIg and LPS Co-stimulation Induces IL-10 Production by Human Monocytes, Which Is Compromised by an FcgRIIA Disease-Associated Gene Variant Kozicky LK, Menzies SC, Zhao ZY, Vira T, Harnden K, Safari K, Del Bel KL, Turvey SE, Sly LM 2018 Front Immunol View Researchers Basic research
What's in a name? Patient registration errors and their threat to transfusion safety Ning S, Yan MTS, Downie H, Callum J 2018 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Hemostatic Disorders and Hereditary Angioedema Poon MC, Goodyear MD, Rydz N, Lee A 2018 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Raman spectroscopy of stored red blood cell concentrate within sealed transfusion blood bags Vardaki MZ, Atkins CG, Schulze HG, Devine DV, Serrano K, Blades MW, Turner RFB 2018 Analyst View Researchers New or improved product or process
Platelets release pathogenic serotonin and return to circulation after immune complex-mediated sequestration Cloutier N, Allaeys I, Marcoux G, Machlus KR, Mailhot B, Zufferey A, Levesque T, Becker Y, Tessandier N, Melki I, Zhi H, Poirier G, Rondina MT, Italiano JE, Flamand L, McKenzie SE, Cote F, Nieswandt B, Khan WI, Flick MJ, Newman PJ, Lacroix S, Fortin PR, Boilard E 2018 PNAS View Researchers Basic research
Thromboelastometry reveals similar hemostatic properties of purified fibrinogen and a mixture of purified cryoprecipitate protein components Qadri SM, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Bhakta V, Sheffield WP 2018 Clin Chem Lab Med View Researchers Basic research
Erratum to: The Perioperative Anticoagulant Use for Surgery Evaluation (PAUSE) Study for Patients on a Direct Oral Anticoagulant who Need an Elective Surgery or Procedure: Design and Rationale Douketis JD SA, Anderson JM, Arnold DM, Bates SM, Blostein M, Carrier M, Caprini JA, Clark NP, Coppens M, Dentali F, Duncan J, Gross PL, Kassis J, Kowalski S, Lee AY, Gal GL, Templier GL, Li N, MacKay E, Shah V, Shivakumar S, Solymoss S, Spencer FA, Syed S, Tafur AJ, Vanassche T, Thiele T, Wu C, Yeo E, Schulman S. 2018 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Circulare d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Culot globulaire partiellement déleuccoyté (PD) Jenkins C 2018 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Prehospital fresh frozen plasma: Universal life saver or treatment in search of a target population? Makris M, Iorio A 2018 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Quality of evidence-based guidelines for transfusion of red blood cells and plasma: A systematic review Pavenski K, Stanworth S, Fung M, Wood EM, Pink J, Murphy MF, Hume H, Nahirniak S, Webert KE, Tanael S, Landry D, Shehata N 2018 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Perforation des sacs de composants sanguins Shimla S, Jenkins C, McTaggart K 2018 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Apolipoprotein A-IV binds alpha II beta 3 integrin and inhibits thrombosis Xu XR, Wang Y, Adili R, Ju L, Spring CM, Jin JW, Yang H, Neves MAD, Chen P, Yang Y, Lei X, Chen Y, Gallant RC, Xu M, Zhang H, Song J, Ke P, Zhang D, Carrim N, Yu S-Y, Zhu G, She Y-M, Cyr T, Fu W, Liu G, Connelly PW, Rand ML, Adeli K, Freedman J, Lee JE, Tso P, Marchese P, Davidson WS, Jackson SP, Zhu C, Ruggeri ZM, Ni H 2018 Nat Commun View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: A different way to look at red blood cell quality Acker J 2018 Blood.ca website View Researchers Clinical research
Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Viruses Causing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Charlton CL, Babady E, Ginocchio CC, Hatchette TF, Jerris RC, Li Y, Loeffelholz M, McCarter YS, Miller MB, Novak-Weekley S, Schuetz AN, Tang Y-W, Widen R, Drews SJ 2018 Clin Microbiol Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Characterization of platelet factor 4 amino acids that bind pathogenic antibodies in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Huynh A, Arnold DM, Kelton JG, Smith JW, Horsewood P, Clare R, Guarné A, Nazy I 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
GM-CSF and IL-4 are not involved in IVIG-mediated amelioration of ITP in mice: a role for IL-11 cannot be ruled out Lewis BJB, Leontyev D, Neschadim A, Blacquiere M, Branch DR 2018 Clin Exp Immunol View Researchers Basic research
The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective Pambrun C, Goldman M 2018 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
ResearchUnit: Plasma: what's in the bag? Sheffield W, Jenkins C 2018 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Does treatment order matter? Investigating the ability of bacteriophage to augment antibiotic activity against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms Kumaran D, Taha M, Yi Q, Ramirez-Arcos S, Diallo JS, Carli A, Abdelbary H 2018 Front Microbiol View Researchers Basic research
When can patients on direct anticoagulants have surgery? de Wit K 2018 CanadiEM website View Health care providers Other
Vaccine Effectiveness Against Lineage-matched and -mismatched Influenza B Viruses Across 8 Seasons in Canada, 2010–2011 to 2017–2018 Chambers C, Hickman R, Sabaiduc S, Chan T, Jassem A, Rose C, Krajden M, Skowronski DM, Petric M, De Serres G, Martineau C, Charest H, Winter A-L, Gubbay JB, Dickinson JA, Fonseca K, Drews SJ, Bastien N, Li Y 2018 Clin Infect Dis View Researchers Clinical research
Les immunoglobulines Harding RS, Lazarus A 2018 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Other
Performance of Stool-testing Recommendations for Acute Gastroenteritis When Used to Identify Children With 9 Potential Bacterial Enteropathogens Kim K, Tarr GAM, Chui L, Drews S, Pang X-L, Lee BE, Ali S, Nettel-Aguirre A, Vanderkooi OG, Berenger BM, Dickinson J, Tarr PI, MacDonald J, Freedman SB 2018 Clin Infect Dis View Health care providers Clinical research
Severe autoimmune LMWH-induced thrombocytopenia presenting with aortic thromboses, adrenal hemorrhage and pulmonary embolism: response to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin Nero J, Araneta P, Warkentin T, Moodley O 2018 Can J Gen Intern Med View Health care providers Clinical research