Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
NAC Statement on RHD Genotyping in Prenatal Patients Pavenski K, Khandelwal A, Clarke G, Lane D 2022 National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Risk of HIV did not change with expanding eligibility criteria for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men Walsh G 2022 Blood.ca website View Regulators MSM research
Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry-Novel Insights From an Old Technology Into Stressed Red Blood Cell Physiology Stephenson D, Nemkov T, Qadri SM, Sheffield WP, D'Alessandro A 2022 Front Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Utilization of a surgical database to provide care and assess perioperative treatment and outcomes in patients with bleeding disorders Olasupo OO, Haddix C, Nakar C, Maahs J, Greist A, Ghafoor A, Donfield SM, Iorio A, Shapiro AD 2022 Eur J Haematol View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
HIV incidence and compliance with deferral criteria over three progressively shorter time deferrals for men who have sex with men in Canada Caffrey N, Goldman M, Osmond L, Yi Q-L, Fan W, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Regulators MSM research
Transfusion thresholds in myelodysplastic syndrome - Helping patients live better Balitsky A, Arnold D 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A cross-sectional study of haemolytic disease of the newborn in Uganda Dhabangi A, Nankunda J, Okaba V, Nakubulwa S, Hume HA, Dzik WH, Heddle NM 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
The Cost Effectiveness of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Versus Best Supportive Care in the Treatment of Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma (LBCL) After Two or More Lines of Systemic Therapy in Canada Hillis C, Vicente C, Ball G 2022 Pharmacoeconomics View Researchers Clinical research
The evaluation of constant coronary artery flow versus constant coronary perfusion pressure during normothermic ex situ heart perfusion Qi X, Hatami S, Bozso S, Buchko M, Forgie KA, Olafson C, Khan M, Himmat S, Wang X, Nobes DS, Acker JP, Nagendran J, Freed DH 2022 J Heart Lung Transplant View Researchers Basic research
Summary of adverse transfusion reactions 2017-2022 Yan M 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Cost-effectiveness of eltrombopag vs intravenous immunoglobulin for the perioperative management of immune thrombocytopenia Kaur MN, Arnold DM, Heddle NM, Cook RJ, Hsia C, Blostein M, Jamula E, Sholzberg M, Lin Y, Kassis J, Larratt L, Tinmouth A, Carruthers J, Li N, Liu Y, Xie F 2022 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
Loss of repeat convalescent plasma donors due to waning anti-SARS-CoV-2 plaque reduction neutralization test titers (April-December 2020) Drews S, Devine D, McManus J, Mendoza E, Manguiat K, Girardin R, Dupuis A, McDonough K, Lin J, Evans D, Pambrun C, Drebot M, Wood H 2022 Transfus Med Rev View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Plaquettes extraites de la couche leucoplaquettaire à teneur réduite en agents pathogènes Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Methods to Evaluate the Potential Clinical Significance of Antibodies to Red Blood Cells Boligan KF, Sandhu G, Branch DR 2022 Curr Protoc View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Management of immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia Gabe C, Arnold D, Smith J, T W 2022 Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Why We Swab: A library of stories in stem cell donation Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Li EW, Rosenfeld A, Williams K, Kandel R, DeGurse N, Park B, Okonofua S, Sano L, Gerofsky M, Sharp A, Hatkar R, Thyagu S, Fingrut WB 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Utilization of the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant Assay To Identify High-Titer Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Plasma against Wild-Type and Variant SARS-CoV-2 Viruses Lin Y-CJ, Evans DH, Robbins NF, Orjuela G, Hu Q, Samson R, Abe KT, Rathod B, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Tuite A, Yi Q-L, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Les fournisseurs de sang canadiens : un rôle croissant dans la surveillance de la santé publique? O’Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Osiowy C, Drebot MA, Renaud C 2022 Relevé des maladies transmissibles au Canada View Health care providers New or improved product or process
A mixed methods investigation of the relationship between blood donor policy, interest in donation, and willingness to donate among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario, Canada Armstrong JP, Brennan DJ, Collict D, Kesler M, Bekele T, Souleymanov R, Grace D, Lachowsky NJ, Hart TA, Adam BD 2022 BMC Public Health View Researchers MSM research
Staff perspectives on barriers and enablers to implementing alternative source plasma eligibility criteria for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men Castillo G, Vesnaver E, Gibson E, Butler-Foster T, Goldman M, Hill NE, Rosser A, Lapierre D, Rubini KA, MacDonagh R, Miguel G, Palumbo A, MacPherson P, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, O'Brien SF, Bridel W, Otis J, Greaves M, Al-Bakri TB, Reid M, Labrecque M, Germain M, Orvis S, Clapperton AT, Devine D, Presseau J 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research
A Prospective Observational Cohort Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Between Paramedics and Matched Blood Donors in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic Grunau B, O’Brien SF, Kirkham TL, Helmer J, Demers PA, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Drews SJ, Karim ME, Srigley JA, Sediqi S, O’Neill D, Drennan IR, Goldfarb DM 2022 Ann Emerg Med View Researchers Clinical research
Déclaration du CCN concernant le génotypage du RHD chez les patientes enceintes Pavenski K, Khandelwal A, Clarke G, Lane D 2022 National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
T cell-mediated autoimmunity in immune thrombocytopenia Vrbensky JR, Nazy I, Clare R, Larché M, Arnold DM 2022 Eur J Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
Implementation of a blood bank generated tube for second blood group determination: Challenges, yield, and cost Obaidallah N, Downie H, Colavecchia C, Callum J, Lin Y 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Impact of cardiopulmonary bypass duration on efficacy of fibrinogen replacement with cryoprecipitate compared with fibrinogen concentrate: a <em>post hoc</em> analysis of the Fibrinogen Replenishment in Surgery (FIBRES) randomised controlled trial Bartoszko J, Martinez-Perez S, Callum J, Karkouti K, Farouh ME, Scales DC, Heddle NM, Crowther M, Rao V, Hucke H-P, Carroll J, Grewal D, Brar S, Brussières J, Grocott H, Harle C, Pavenski K, Rochon A, Saha T, Shepherd L, Syed S, Tran D, Wong D, Zeller M 2022 Br J Anaesth View Researchers Clinical research
Evaluation of the performance of multiple immunoassay diagnostic platforms on the National Microbiology Laboratory SARS-CoV-2 National Serology Panel Dibernardo A, Toledo NP, Robinson A, Osiowy C, Giles E, Day J, Lindsay LR, Drebot MA, Booth TF, Pidduck T, Baily A, Charlton CL, Tipples G, Kanji JN, Brochu G, Lang A, Therrien C, Bélanger-Collard M, Beaulac S-N, Gilfix BM, Boivin G, Hamelin M-È, Carbonneau J, Lévesque S, Martin P, Finzi A, Gendron-Lepage G, Goyette G, Benlarbi M, Gasser R, Fortin C, Martel-Lafferrière V, Lavoie M, Guérin R, Haraoui L-P, Renaud C, Jenkins C, O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Conrod V, Tran V, Awrey B, Scheuermann R, DuPuis A, Payne A, Warszycki C, Girardin R, Lee W, Zahariadis G, Jiao L, Needle R, Cordenbach J, Zaharatos J, Taylor K, Teltscher M, Miller M, Elsherif M, Robertson P, Robinson JL 2022 J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
The bending rigidity of the red blood cell cytoplasmic membrane Himbert S, D’Alessandro A, Qadri SM, Majcher MJ, Hoare T, Sheffield WP, Nagao M, Nagle JF, Rheinstädter MC 2022 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research
FAQ: Information for health professionals on pathogen-reduced platelets Ning S, Tordon B, Zeller M, Anani W 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Whole blood donor return rates after deferral for tattooing or body piercing—Survey across blood donation services: The BEST collaborative study Quee F, O'Brien SF, Prinsze F, Steele WR, Grégoire Y, Cutajar A, Wendel S, Compernolle V, Goldman M, van den Hurk K, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2022 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Sommaire des réactions transfusionnelles indésirables Yan M 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Pathogen-reduced buffy coat platelets Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Early and out-of-hospital use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: An international assessment of utilization and feasibility Al-Riyami AZ, Estcourt L, Rahimi-Levene N, Bloch EM, Goel R, Tiberghien P, Thibert J-B, Bruun MT, Devine DV, Gammon RR, Wendel S, Toungouz Nevessignsky M, Grubovic Rastvorceva RM, Oreh A, Romon I, van den Berg K, Kitazawa J, Patidar G, So-Osman C, Wood EM, the ISBT COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Working Group 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
von Willebrand factor propeptide variants lead to impaired storage and ER retention in patient-derived endothelial colony-forming cells Bowman M, Casey L, Selvam SN, Lima PDA, Rawley O, Hinds M, Tuttle A, Grabell J, Iorio A, Walker I, Lillicrap D, James P 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia: Updates in pathobiology and diagnosis Jevtic SD, Arnold DM, Modi D, Ivetic N, Bissola AL, Nazy I 2022 Front Cardiovasc Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Accuracy of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision Codes for Identifying Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Liu B, Hadzi-Tosev M, Liu Y, Lucier KJ, Garg A, Li S, Heddle NM, Rochwerg B, Ning S 2022 Crit Care Explor View Health care providers Clinical research
A Primer on Biostatistics Shih AW, Li N, Montemayor C, Heddle NM 2022 Practical Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Concentré de recherche: Des questions de sélection fondées sur le comportement sexuel?: comprendre et atténuer le?malaise des donneurs Woo H 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators MSM research
User-Centered Development and Testing of the Online Patient-Reported Outcomes, Burdens, and Experiences (PROBE) Survey and the myPROBE App and Integration With the Canadian Bleeding Disorder Registry: Mixed Methods Study Germini F, Borg Debono V, Page D, Zuk V, Kucher A, Cotoi C, Hobson N, Sevestre M, Skinner MW, Iorio A 2022 JMIR Hum Factors View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Heparin or nonheparin anticoagulants for VITT Arnold DM 2022 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
A personalized limited sampling approach to better estimate terminal half-life of FVIII concentrates Chelle P, Iorio A, Edginton AN 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Neutralizing Antibody Titers with Anti-Spike Antibodies and ACE-2 Inhibition among Vaccinated Individuals Grunau B, Prusinkiewicz M, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Golding L, Lavoie PM, Petric M, Levett PN, Haig S, Barakauskas V, Karim ME, Jassem AN, Drews SJ, Sediqi S, Goldfarb DM 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Use of Irradiated Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Newborns to Improve Intracerebral Saturation Kirpalani HM, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Heddle NM 2022 JAMA Pediatr View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Freeze-dried plasma: From damage control resuscitation to coronavirus disease 2019 therapy Peng HT, Rhind SG, Moes K, Devine D, Jenkins C, Beckett A 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Frequency and utility of bone marrow examination in relapsed/refractory immune thrombocytopenia Taparia K, Wall E, Arnold DM, Sun HL 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Klok FA, Pai M, Huisman MV, Makris M 2022 Lancet Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
Immunohematology testing using umbilical cord blood: review of the literature, survey of practice and guidance development Hajjaj OI, Clarke G, Lieberman L, Canadian Obstetrical Pediatric Transfusion Network 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The recipe for TACO: A narrative review on the pathophysiology and potential mitigation strategies of transfusion-associated circulatory overload Bulle EB, Klanderman RB, Pendergrast J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Callum J, Vlaar APJ 2022 Blood Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Structurally Modified Bioactive Peptide Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Lentiviral Particles Expression Bhullar KS, Nael MA, Elokely KM, Drews SJ, Wu J 2022 Pharmaceutics View Researchers Basic research
Venous thromboembolism in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: an 11-year population-based nested case-control study in Canada Ding Z, Sherlock M, Chan AKC, Zachos M 2022 Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis View Researchers Clinical research
Assessing unintentional creation of bias against men who have sex with men as a function of exposure to blood donor screening questionnaire: A national randomized controlled trial Hofkirchner A, Kohut T, O'Brien SF, Fisher WA 2022 Transfusion View Researchers MSM research