URMC / Labs / Refaai Lab / Publications Publications Nguyen PLAsante ARefaai MBlumberg 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. Blumberg NNguyen PLAsante AMasel DHenrichs KRefaai MHeal JLove T In response: ABO nonidentical platelet transfusions and mortality.; Transfusion; Vol 64(5), pp. 954-956. 2024 May. Wheeler APSnyder ELRefaai MACohn CSPoisson JFontaine MJSehl MNooka AKUhl LSpinella PCFenelus MLiles DKCoyle TBecker JJeng MRGehrie EASpencer BRYoung PPJohnson ADO'Brien JSchiller GJRoback JDMalynn EJackups RAvecilla SLiu KBentow SVarrone JBenjamin RJCorash L Acute Pulmonary Injury in Hematology Patients Supported with Pathogen Reduced and Conventional Platelet Components.; Blood advances. 2024 Mar 06. Archibald WJKouides PARefaai MALachant NA Acquired bleeding disorders secondary to immune checkpoint inhibitors: a case report and systematic literature review.; Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis. 2023 Sep 11. Gupta GKHenrichs KNilsson KWagner SBrown BMasel DGestring MLVella MARefaai MABlumberg 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. Spector HMcRae HLLove TNortham KRefaai KRollins-Raval MARefaai MA Reduced Time to Procedure for Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Warfarin Reversal With Four-Factor Complex Concentrate as Compared to Plasma.; Journal of clinical medicine research; Vol 15(1), pp. 51-57. 2023 Jan 24. Asante ANguyen PHenrichs KMasel DRefaai MBlumberg N Platelet transfusions, mortality and ABO identicality in premature newborns.; American journal of perinatology. 2023 Jan 20. Refaai MABajcic PMcNeill RHood CMilling TJ Retrospective Analysis of the Real-World Utilization of 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate and Plasma in Oral Anticoagulant-Associated Bleeding in US Hospitals.; Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis; Vol 29, pp. 10760296231179682. 2023. Snyder ELWheeler APRefaai MCohn CSPoisson JFontaine MSehl MNooka AKUhl LSpinella PFenelus MLiles DCoyle TBecker JJeng MGehrie EASpencer BRYoung PJohnson AO'Brien JJSchiller GJRoback JDMalynn EJackups RAvecilla STLin JSLiu KBentow SPeng HLVarrone JBenjamin RJCorash LM Comparative risk of pulmonary adverse events with transfusion of pathogen reduced and conventional platelet components.; Transfusion. 2022 Jun 24. Hood CGoldstein JNMilling TJRefaai MABajcic PGoldstein BSarode R INR and vitamin K-dependent factor levels after vitamin K antagonist reversal with 4F-PCC or plasma.; Blood advances. 2022 Jan 27. Yang SMcRae HLTerry TCahill CMRefaai MA Evaluation of a Newly Implemented Critical Thromboelastography (TEG) Value Callback System.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2022 Jan 17. Jadwin DFFenderson PGFriedman MTJenkins IShander AWaters JHFriedman ATesoriero ERefaai MAShih AWAwan TNgo ALPerez JAReynolds JD Determination of Unnecessary Blood Transfusion by Comprehensive 15-Hospital Record Review.; Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety. 2022 Jan 08. McRae HLMilito CKlapheke CARefaai MA Evaluation of solvent/detergent-treated plasma safety and efficacy in orthotopic liver transplant and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients: A single center experience.; Transfusion. 2021 Dec 27. McRae HLMillar MWSlavin SABlumberg NRahman ARefaai MA Essential Role of Rho-Associated Kinase in ABO Immune Complex-Mediated Endothelial Barrier Disruption.; Biomedicines; Vol 9(12). 2021 Dec 07. Refaai MAJacobson AKRosenfeld JCOrr RR Performance of the microINR Point-of-Care System Used by Self-Testing Patients: A Multicenter Clinical Trial.; TH open : companion journal to thrombosis and haemostasis; Vol 5(4). 2021 Oct. Obadina MMcRae HLLawal RRefaai MAAkwaa F Impact of electronic medical record-based calculation of 4Ts on heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) testing: A single center experience.; International journal of laboratory hematology. 2021 Sep 24. Cholette JMMcRae HLAngona RCahill CSwartz MFAlfieris GMRefaai MA In Vitro and In Vivo Comparison of Hemoglobin and Electrolytes Following the Collection of Cell Saver Blood Washed with Either Normal Saline or Plasma-Lyte A.; The journal of extra-corporeal technology; Vol 53(3). 2021 Sep. Cardillo ARefaai M Platelet Recruitment in COVID-19.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2021 Aug 31. Cahill CMAlhasson BBlumberg NMelvin AKnight PGloff MRobinson RAkwaa FRefaai 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. Cardillo AHeal JMHenrichs KMasel DFountaine TLiesveld JNoronha SCahill CNgo AGupta GKRefaai MABlumberg N Reducing the Need for HLA-Matched Platelet Transfusion.; The New England journal of medicine; Vol 384(25). 2021 Jun 24. McRae HLMoore JWIfthikharuddin JJRefaai MA False-positive heparin-PF4 latex immunoturbidimetric assay due to lupus anti-coagulant interference: a case report.; British journal of haematology. 2021 Apr 20. Hu YLMcRae HLRefaai MA Efficacy of Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assay Testing in Patients with Sepsis-Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.; European journal of haematology. 2021 Mar 07. McRae HLMilitello LRefaai MA Updates in Anticoagulation Therapy Monitoring.; Biomedicines; Vol 9(3). 2021 Mar 06. McRae HLYang AHKruzer KScott GARefaai MA A Rare Case of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Triggered by Estrogen-Containing Oral Contraceptives in a Patient with Double Heterozygous Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A Mutations.; American journal of hematology. 2021 Feb 23. Milling TJRefaai MASengupta N Anticoagulant Reversal in Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Review of Treatment Guidelines.; Digestive diseases and sciences. 2021 Jan 06. Turgeman AMcRae HLCahill CBlumberg NRefaai MA Impact of RBC Transfusion on Peripheral Capillary Oxygen Saturation and Partial Pressure of Arterial Oxygen.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2020 Dec 21. McRae HLKara FMilito CCahill CBlumberg NRefaai MA Whole blood haemostatic function throughout a 28-day cold storage period: an in vitro study.; Vox sanguinis. 2020 Sep 23. Refaai MAConley GWHudson CASpinelli SLPhipps RPMorrell CNBlumberg NMcRae HL Evaluation of the procoagulant properties of a newly developed platelet modified lysate product.; Transfusion. 2020 May 15. Refaai MAShah VFernando R Performance of the microINR Point-of-Care System: A Multicenter Clinical Trial.; Thrombosis and haemostasis; Vol 120(4). 2020 Apr. Boulware RRefaai MA Why do patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) experience lower bleeding events despite thrombocytopenia?; Thrombosis research; Vol 187. 2020 Jan 15. Schmidt AESahai TRefaai MASullivan MCurtis BR Severe Platelet Transfusion Refractoriness in Association with Antibodies Against CD36.; Laboratory medicine. 2020 Jan 11. Ngo AMasel DCahill CBlumberg NRefaai MA Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic.; Clinics in laboratory medicine; Vol 40(4). 2020 Jan. Schmidt AEIsrael AKRefaai MA The Utility of Thromboelastography to Guide Blood Product Transfusion.; American journal of clinical pathology; Vol 152(4). 2019 Sep 09. Blumberg NCholette JMCahill CPietropaoli APWinters SPhipps RNoronha SAHeal JMKirkley SAFountaine TJHenrichs KMasel DRefaai 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. Refaai MAConley GOrtel TLFrancis JL Evaluation of a rapid and automated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia immunoassay.; International journal of laboratory hematology; Vol 41(4). 2019 Aug. Milito CMcRae HVictor ARefaai MASchmidt AE Persistent Rivaroxaban Effect Due to Impaired Renal Clearance and Medication Effects.; Laboratory medicine. 2019 Jul 25. Blumberg NHenrichs KCholette JPietropaoli ASpinelli SNoronha SPhipps RRefaai 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. Milito CMasel DHenrichs KSchmidt AEKirkley SAljitawi OBecker MBlumberg NRefaai MA Post-Transfusion Purpura Mimicking Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Report.; Laboratory medicine. 2019 Mar 27. Pietropaoli APHenrichs KFCholette JMSpinelli SLPhipps RPRefaai MABlumberg N Total plasma heme concentration increases after red blood cell transfusion and predicts mortality in critically ill medical patients.; Transfusion. 2019 Feb 27. Polito NBKanouse EJones CMCMcCann MRefaai MAAcquisto NM Effect of vitamin K administration on rate of warfarin reversal.; Transfusion. 2019 Feb 04. Stolla MRefaai MAConley GSpinelli SCasey AKaterji HMcRae HLBlumberg NPhipps RMetlay LAKatzman 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. Refaai MARiley PMardovina TBell PD The Clinical Significance of Fibrin Monomers.; Thrombosis and haemostasis. 2018 Oct 12. Schmidt AERefaai MACoppage M HLA-Mediated Platelet Refractoriness: An ACLPS Critical Review.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2018 Oct 03. Refaai MAConley GWHenrichs KFMcRae HSchmidt AEPhipps RPSpinelli SLMasel DCholette JMPietropaoli AEaton MPBlumberg 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. Cholette JMPietropaoli APHenrichs KFAlfieris GMPowers KSGensini FRubenstein JSSweeney DPhipps RSpinelli SLRefaai MAEaton MPBlumberg 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. Sherazi SKouides PFrancis CLowenstein CJRefaai MConley GJohnson BAMuchnik ELien SMassey HTAlexis JD Prospective analysis of bleeding events in left ventricular assist device patients.; The International journal of artificial organs. 2018 Mar 01. Blumberg NHeal JMMasel DRefaai MA The precautionary principle and use of Group A plasma in recipients of unknown ABO blood group.; Transfusion; Vol 58(3). 2018 Mar. Blumberg NCholette JMPietropaoli APPhipps RSpinelli SLEaton MPNoronha SASeghatchian JHeal JMRefaai 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. Cahill CMBlumberg NRefaai 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. Schmidt AEHenrichs KFKirkley SARefaai MABlumberg N Prophylactic Preprocedure Platelet Transfusion Is Associated With Increased Risk of Thrombosis and Mortality.; American journal of clinical pathology. 2017 Dec 07.