Red blood cell storage lesion: causes and potential clinical consequences

T Yoshida, M Prudent, A D'Alessandro - Blood Transfusion, 2019‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Red blood cells (RBCs) are a specialised organ that enabled the evolution of multicellular
organisms by supplying a sufficient quantity of oxygen to cells that cannot obtain oxygen …

Alternatives to blood transfusion

DR Spahn, LT Goodnough - The Lancet, 2013‏ - thelancet.com
The use of alternatives to allogeneic blood continues to rest on the principles that blood
transfusions have inherent risks, associated costs, and affect the blood inventory available …

Assessment of stored red blood cells through lab-on-a-chip technologies for precision transfusion medicine

Z Isiksacan, A D'Alessandro, SM Wolf… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) is one of the most valuable and widespread
treatments in modern medicine. Lifesaving RBC transfusions are facilitated by the cold …

Prolonged red cell storage before transfusion increases extravascular hemolysis

F Rapido, GM Brittenham, S Bandyopadhyay… - The Journal of clinical …, 2017‏ - jci.org
BACKGROUND. Some countries have limited the maximum allowable storage duration for
red cells to 5 weeks before transfusion. In the US, red blood cells can be stored for up to 6 …

Haptoglobin therapeutics and compartmentalization of cell-free hemoglobin toxicity

PW Buehler, DJ Schaer - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2020‏ - cell.com
Hemolysis and accumulation of cell-free hemoglobin (Hb) in the circulation or in confined
tissue compartments such as the subarachnoid space is an important driver of disease …

“Blood failure” time to view blood as an organ: how oxygen debt contributes to blood failure and its implications for remote damage control resuscitation

CK Bjerkvig, G Strandenes, HS Eliassen… - …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hemorrhagic shock is both a local and systemic disorder. In the context of systemic effects,
blood loss may lead to levels of reduced oxygen delivery (DO2) sufficient to cause tissue …

Does prolonged storage of red blood cells cause harm?

WA Flegel, C Natanson, HG Klein - British journal of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Red blood cells (RBC s) degrade progressively during the weeks of refrigerated storage. No
universally accepted definition of 'fresh'or 'old'RBC s exists. While practices vary from …

Haptoglobin preserves vascular nitric oxide signaling during hemolysis

CA Schaer, JW Deuel, D Schildknecht… - American journal of …, 2016‏ - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Hemolysis occurs not only in conditions such as sickle cell disease and malaria
but also during transfusion of stored blood, extracorporeal circulation, and sepsis. Cell-free …

Red blood cell storage lesion

R Obrador, S Musulin, B Hansen - Journal of veterinary …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Objective To summarize current understanding of the mechanisms responsible for changes
occurring during red blood cell (RBC) storage, collectively known as the storage lesion, and …

Red blood cells stored 35 days or more are associated with adverse outcomes in high‐risk patients

R Goel, DJ Johnson, AV Scott, AAR Tobian… - …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Clinical trials have shown that longer red blood cell (RBC) storage duration
does not worsen outcomes; however, these studies included few RBCs near the end of the …