Publications by authors named "Elizabeth Krok"
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- Cold stored platelets (CSP) are better for clot initiation and managing active bleeding, while room temperature platelets (RTP) are preferred for increasing platelet counts in patients needing preventive transfusions.
- A simulation study compared two hospital scenarios: one using only RTP (No-CSP) and the other using both RTP and CSP (CSP), with findings suggesting that an outside supply of CSP is necessary due to on-site conversion limits.
- While CSP can improve treatment outcomes for trauma patients, the study concludes that introducing CSP won't significantly reduce RTP wastage, primarily because only a few RTP units can be converted on-site.
Background: Blood group incompatibility (ABOi) is the most common barrier to living donor kidney transplantation. Options for such recipients include kidney paired donation (KPD) or desensitization methodology to reduce blood antibody response.
Objective: The objective of this study is to report on the first North America experience in ABOi living donor kidney transplantation using Glycosorb ABO immunoadsorption columns.
Background: Delayed hemolytic reactions are potential complications of incompatible transfusions and are usually associated with the identification of a new antibody on serologic studies, following a second immunization event. However, in rare cases, the antibody investigation remains negative even if the clinical presentation would lead one to suspect otherwise.
Case Report: A 44-year-old woman with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presented to the emergency department with hematuria and low back pain after she had received three units of RBCs 2 weeks earlier.
Background: ORTHO VISION Analyzer (Vision), is an immunohematology instrument using ID-MT gel card technology with digital image processing. It has a continuous, random sample access with STAT priority processing. The efficiency and ease of operation of Vision was evaluated at 5 medical centers.
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