Publications

• 1. Nguyen PL
  2. Asante A
  3. Refaai M
  4. Blumberg N
  ABO blood group, ABO mismatched transfusions and leukoreduction of transfusions in hemostatic resuscitation studies.; Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology; Vol 12, pp. 1437471. 2024 Sep 16.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Nguyen PL
  3. Asante A
  4. Masel D
  5. Henrichs K
  6. Refaai M
  7. Heal J
  8. Love T
  In response: ABO nonidentical platelet transfusions and mortality.; Transfusion; Vol 64(5), pp. 954-956. 2024 May.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Asante AA
  3. Nguyen PT
  4. Heal JM
  Platelet Transfusions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.; Anesthesia and analgesia; Vol 138(5), pp. 921-924. 2024 Apr 15.
• 1. Asante A
  2. Nguyen PL
  3. Blumberg N
  A commentary on the optimal red blood cell transfusion threshold in acute leukemia patients.; Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue. 2023 Sep 04.
• 1. Gammon RR
  2. Blumberg N
  3. Gilstad C
  4. Mandal S
  5. Nair AR
  6. Bocquet C
  Patient blood management: Myths and facts about red blood cell transfusions.; Vox sanguinis. 2023 May 22.
• 1. Gupta GK
  2. Henrichs K
  3. Nilsson K
  4. Wagner S
  5. Brown B
  6. Masel D
  7. Gestring ML
  8. Vella MA
  9. Refaai MA
  10. Blumberg N
  Reduction of anti-A and anti-B isoagglutinin titers of group O whole blood units employing an ABO antibody immune adsorption column.; Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis. 2023 Mar 05.
• 1. Asante A
  2. Nguyen P
  3. Henrichs K
  4. Masel D
  5. Refaai M
  6. Blumberg N
  Platelet transfusions, mortality and ABO identicality in premature newborns.; American journal of perinatology. 2023 Jan 20.
• 1. Holloway MR
  2. Fountaine T
  3. Henrichs K
  4. Feeney T
  5. Andolina J
  6. O'Dwyer K
  7. Liesveld J
  8. Blumberg N
  9. Huselton E
  Association of crystalloid fluid infusion with intravascular hemolysis and organ dysfunction in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.; Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis. 2023 Jan 13.
• 1. Holmberg JA
  2. Henry SM
  3. Burnouf T
  4. Devine D
  5. Marschner S
  6. Boothby TC
  7. Burger SR
  8. Chou ST
  9. Custer B
  10. Blumberg N
  11. Siegel DL
  12. Spitalnik SL
  National Blood Foundation 2021 Research and Development summit: Discovery, innovation, and challenges in advancing blood and biotherapies.; Transfusion. 2022 Sep 28.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Mary Heal J
  How do we forecast tomorrow's transfusion? -next generation transfusion practices to improve recipient safety.; Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine. 2022 Sep 09.
• 1. Hofmann A
  2. Shander A
  3. Blumberg N
  4. Hamdorf JM
  5. Isbister JP
  6. Gross I
  Patient Blood Management: Improving Outcomes for Millions While Saving Billions. What Is Holding It Up?; Anesthesia and analgesia; Vol 135(3), pp. 511-523. 2022 Aug 17.
• 1. McRae HL
  2. Millar MW
  3. Slavin SA
  4. Blumberg N
  5. Rahman A
  6. Refaai MA
  Essential Role of Rho-Associated Kinase in ABO Immune Complex-Mediated Endothelial Barrier Disruption.; Biomedicines; Vol 9(12). 2021 Dec 07.
• 1. Cahill CM
  2. Alhasson B
  3. Blumberg N
  4. Melvin A
  5. Knight P
  6. Gloff M
  7. Robinson R
  8. Akwaa F
  9. Refaai MA
  Preoperative anemia management program reduces blood transfusion in elective cardiac surgical patients, improving outcomes and decreasing hospital length of stay.; Transfusion. 2021 Jul 15.
• 1. Cardillo A
  2. Heal JM
  3. Henrichs K
  4. Masel D
  5. Fountaine T
  6. Liesveld J
  7. Noronha S
  8. Cahill C
  9. Ngo A
  10. Gupta GK
  11. Refaai MA
  12. Blumberg N
  Reducing the Need for HLA-Matched Platelet Transfusion.; The New England journal of medicine; Vol 384(25). 2021 Jun 24.
• 1. Turgeman A
  2. McRae HL
  3. Cahill C
  4. Blumberg N
  5. Refaai MA
  Impact of RBC Transfusion on Peripheral Capillary Oxygen Saturation and Partial Pressure of Arterial Oxygen.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2020 Dec 21.
• 1. McRae HL
  2. Kara F
  3. Milito C
  4. Cahill C
  5. Blumberg N
  6. Refaai MA
  Whole blood haemostatic function throughout a 28-day cold storage period: an in vitro study.; Vox sanguinis. 2020 Sep 23.
• 1. Refaai MA
  2. Conley GW
  3. Hudson CA
  4. Spinelli SL
  5. Phipps RP
  6. Morrell CN
  7. Blumberg N
  8. McRae HL
  Evaluation of the procoagulant properties of a newly developed platelet modified lysate product.; Transfusion. 2020 May 15.
• 1. Ngo A
  2. Masel D
  3. Cahill C
  4. Blumberg N
  5. Refaai MA
  Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic.; Clinics in laboratory medicine; Vol 40(4). 2020 Jan.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Cholette JM
  3. Cahill C
  4. Pietropaoli AP
  5. Winters S
  6. Phipps R
  7. Noronha SA
  8. Heal JM
  9. Kirkley SA
  10. Fountaine TJ
  11. Henrichs K
  12. Masel D
  13. Refaai MA
  Transfusion medicine: A research agenda for the coming years.; Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis. 2019 Aug 06.
• 1. Blumberg N
  Transfusing fresh red blood cells might be dangerous.; BMJ (Clinical research ed.); Vol 366. 2019 Aug 05.
• 1. Swartz MF
  2. Makhija P
  3. Rubenstein J
  4. Henrichs KF
  5. Powers KS
  6. Wang HY
  7. Simon BV
  8. Alfieris GM
  9. Blumberg N
  10. Cholette JM
  Met-Hemoglobin Is a Biomarker for Poor Oxygen Delivery in Infants Following Surgical Palliation.; World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2019 May 29.
• 1. Blumberg N
  A Randomized Trial of Neonatal Platelet Transfusion Thresholds.; The New England journal of medicine; Vol 380(16). 2019 Apr 18.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Henrichs K
  3. Cholette J
  4. Pietropaoli A
  5. Spinelli S
  6. Noronha S
  7. Phipps R
  8. Refaai MA
  Sickle red blood cells are more susceptible to in vitro haemolysis when exposed to normal saline versus Plasma-Lyte A.; Vox sanguinis. 2019 Apr 02.
• 1. Milito C
  2. Masel D
  3. Henrichs K
  4. Schmidt AE
  5. Kirkley S
  6. Aljitawi O
  7. Becker M
  8. Blumberg N
  9. Refaai MA
  Post-Transfusion Purpura Mimicking Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Report.; Laboratory medicine. 2019 Mar 27.
• 1. Deeb AP
  2. Aquina CT
  3. Monson JRT
  4. Blumberg N
  5. Becerra AZ
  6. Fleming FJ
  Allogeneic Leukocyte-Reduced Red Blood Cell Transfusion Is Associated with Postoperative Infectious Complications and Cancer Recurrence after Colon Cancer Resection.; Digestive surgery. 2019 Mar 05.
• 1. Noronha S
  2. Weinberg GA
  3. Sorensen B
  4. Evans AG
  5. Blumberg N
  Clinical lessons learned from a case of suspected transfusion-transmitted malaria.; Transfusion; Vol 59(3). 2019 Mar.
• 1. Pietropaoli AP
  2. Henrichs KF
  3. Cholette JM
  4. Spinelli SL
  5. Phipps RP
  6. Refaai MA
  7. Blumberg N
  Total plasma heme concentration increases after red blood cell transfusion and predicts mortality in critically ill medical patients.; Transfusion. 2019 Feb 27.
• 1. Stolla M
  2. Refaai MA
  3. Conley G
  4. Spinelli S
  5. Casey A
  6. Katerji H
  7. McRae HL
  8. Blumberg N
  9. Phipps R
  10. Metlay LA
  11. Katzman PJ
  Placental Chorionic Cyst Fluid Has Prothrombotic Properties and Differs From Amniotic Fluid.; Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society. 2019 Jan 02.
• 1. Boshuizen M
  2. van Hezel ME
  3. van Manen L
  4. Straat M
  5. Somsen YBO
  6. Spoelstra-de Man AME
  7. Blumberg N
  8. van Bruggen R
  9. Juffermans NP
  The effect of red blood cell transfusion on iron metabolism in critically ill patients.; Transfusion. 2018 Dec 31.
• 1. Loelius SG
  2. Lannan KL
  3. Blumberg N
  4. Phipps RP
  5. Spinelli SL
  The HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir, dysregulates human platelet function in vitro.; Thrombosis research; Vol 169. 2018 Jul 06.
• 1. Refaai MA
  2. Conley GW
  3. Henrichs KF
  4. McRae H
  5. Schmidt AE
  6. Phipps RP
  7. Spinelli SL
  8. Masel D
  9. Cholette JM
  10. Pietropaoli A
  11. Eaton MP
  12. Blumberg N
  Decreased Hemolysis and Improved Platelet Function in Blood Components Washed With Plasma-Lyte A Compared to 0.9% Sodium Chloride.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2018 Jun 06.
• 1. Cholette JM
  2. Noronha SA
  3. Seghatchian J
  4. Blumberg N
  Indications for red cell transfusions in pediatric patients.; Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis. 2018 May 10.
• 1. Cholette JM
  2. Pietropaoli AP
  3. Henrichs KF
  4. Alfieris GM
  5. Powers KS
  6. Gensini F
  7. Rubenstein JS
  8. Sweeney D
  9. Phipps R
  10. Spinelli SL
  11. Refaai MA
  12. Eaton MP
  13. Blumberg N
  Elevated free hemoglobin and decreased haptoglobin levels are associated with adverse clinical outcomes, unfavorable physiologic measures, and altered inflammatory markers in pediatric cardiac surgery patients.; Transfusion. 2018 Mar 30.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Heal JM
  3. Masel D
  4. Refaai MA
  The precautionary principle and use of Group A plasma in recipients of unknown ABO blood group.; Transfusion; Vol 58(3). 2018 Mar.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Cholette JM
  3. Pietropaoli AP
  4. Phipps R
  5. Spinelli SL
  6. Eaton MP
  7. Noronha SA
  8. Seghatchian J
  9. Heal JM
  10. Refaai MA
  0.9% NaCl (Normal Saline) - Perhaps not so normal after all?; Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis. 2018 Feb 21.
• 1. Cahill CM
  2. Blumberg N
  3. Refaai MA
  Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload as a Result of Plasma Transfusion to Correct International Normalized Ratio Before an Invasive Procedure: A Case Report.; A&A practice. 2018 Feb 06.
• 1. Remy KE
  2. Hall MW
  3. Cholette J
  4. Juffermans NP
  5. Nicol K
  6. Doctor A
  7. Blumberg N
  8. Spinella PC
  9. Norris PJ
  10. Dahmer MK
  11. Muszynski JA
  Mechanisms of red blood cell transfusion-related immunomodulation.; Transfusion. 2018 Jan 30.
• 1. Schmidt AE
  2. Henrichs KF
  3. Kirkley SA
  4. Refaai MA
  5. Blumberg N
  Prophylactic Preprocedure Platelet Transfusion Is Associated With Increased Risk of Thrombosis and Mortality.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2017 Dec 07.
• 1. Refaai MA
  2. Cahill C
  3. Masel D
  4. Schmidt AE
  5. Heal JM
  6. Kirkley SA
  7. Blumberg N
  Is It Time to Reconsider the Concepts of "Universal Donor" and "ABO Compatible" Transfusions?; Anesthesia and analgesia. 2017 Nov 01.
• 1. Schmidt AE
  2. Gore E
  3. Henrichs KF
  4. Conley G
  5. Dorsey C
  6. Bjugstad KB
  7. Refaai MA
  8. Blumberg N
  9. Cholette JM
  Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) is Predictive of Complications Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.; Pediatric cardiology. 2017 Oct 31.
• 1. Stolla M
  2. Henrichs K
  3. Cholette JM
  4. Pietropaoli AP
  5. Phipps RP
  6. Spinelli SL
  7. Blumberg N
  Haem is associated with thrombosis in neonates and infants undergoing cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease.; Vox sanguinis. 2017 Oct 16.
• 1. Sahai T
  2. Henrichs K
  3. Refaai M
  4. Heal JM
  5. Kirkley SA
  6. Schmidt AE
  7. Mendler JH
  8. Masel D
  9. Liesveld J
  10. Aquina C
  11. Blumberg N
  ABO identical and washed blood transfusions as candidate strategies to reduce early mortality in acute promyelocytic leukemia.; Leukemia research; Vol 62. 2017 Sep 23.
• 1. Cahill CM
  2. Blumberg N
  3. Schmidt AE
  4. Knight PA
  5. Melvin AL
  6. Massey HT
  7. Delehanty JM
  8. Zebrak SB
  9. Refaai MA
  Implementation of a Standardized Transfusion Protocol for Cardiac Patients Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Is Associated With Decreased Blood Component Utilization and May Improve Clinical Outcome.; Anesthesia and analgesia. 2017 Jul 10.
• 1. Blumberg N
  2. Cholette JM
  3. Schmidt AE
  4. Phipps RP
  5. Spinelli SL
  6. Heal JM
  7. Pietropaoli AP
  8. Refaai MA
  9. Sime PJ
  Management of Platelet Disorders and Platelet Transfusions in ICU Patients.; Transfusion medicine reviews. 2017 May 04.
• 1. Lannan KL
  2. Spinelli SL
  3. Blumberg N
  4. Phipps RP
  Maresin 1 induces a novel pro-resolving phenotype in human platelets.; Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH; Vol 15(4). 2017 Apr.
• 1. Damien P
  2. Cognasse F
  3. Payrastre B
  4. Spinelli SL
  5. Blumberg N
  6. Arthaud CA
  7. Eyraud MA
  8. Phipps RP
  9. McNicol A
  10. Pozzetto B
  11. Garraud O
  12. Hamzeh-Cognasse H
  NF-κB Links TLR2 and PAR1 to Soluble Immunomodulator Factor Secretion in Human Platelets.; Frontiers in immunology; Vol 8. 2017.
• 1. Muszynski JA
  2. Spinella PC
  3. Cholette JM
  4. Acker JP
  5. Hall MW
  6. Juffermans NP
  7. Kelly DP
  8. Blumberg N
  9. Nicol K
  10. Liedel J
  11. Doctor A
  12. Remy KE
  13. Tucci M
  14. Lacroix J
  15. Norris PJ
  Transfusion-related immunomodulation: review of the literature and implications for pediatric critical illness.; Transfusion; Vol 57(1). 2017 Jan.
• 1. Greener D
  2. Henrichs KF
  3. Liesveld JL
  4. Heal JM
  5. Aquina CT
  6. Phillips GL
  7. Kirkley SA
  8. Milner LA
  9. Refaai MA
  10. Mendler JH
  11. Szydlowski J
  12. Masel D
  13. Schmidt A
  14. Boscoe FP
  15. Schymura MJ
  16. Blumberg N
  Improved outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia patients treated with washed transfusions.; American journal of hematology; Vol 92(1). 2017 Jan.
• 1. Cholette JM
  2. Swartz MF
  3. Rubenstein J
  4. Henrichs KF
  5. Wang H
  6. Powers KS
  7. Daugherty LE
  8. Alfieris GM
  9. Gensini F
  10. Blumberg N
  Outcomes Using a Conservative Versus Liberal Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy in Infants Requiring Cardiac Operation.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; Vol 103(1). 2017 Jan.
• 1. Rogers MA
  2. Blumberg N
  3. Bernstein SJ
  4. Flanders SA
  5. Chopra V
  Association between delivery methods for red blood cell transfusion and the risk of venous thromboembolism: a longitudinal study.; The Lancet. Haematology; Vol 3(12). 2016 Dec.