[Blood components, special components and whole blood - what and to whom?].

Sweden does not have a national blood authority and guidelines for blood transfusions are lacking, leading to varying routines of production and usage of blood in the different regions. The minimum quality requirements are defined in EU Directive 2002/98/EG and in the Swedish SOSFS 2009:28. The standard blood components are red blood cells, plasma and platelets, while special components such as irradiated, washed, frozen-thawed or antigen-matched products are prescribed on certain clinical indications.

[Introduction of prehospital blood transfusion programme in Sweden: experiences from a physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service].

In 2016, physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service (VGR HEMS) became the first Swedish prehospital service to routinely carry and transfuse red blood cells. In this report we describe our implementation and present our results, with preliminary analysis of our data. Out of 1 336 patients a total of 34 patients (2,5 %) were transfused without any adverse events.

Exploring the context of the lung proteome within the airway mucosa following allergen challenge.

The lung proteome is a dynamic collection of specialized proteins related to pulmonary function. Many cells of different derivations, activation states, and levels of maturity contribute to the changing environment, which produces the lung proteome. Inflammatory cells reacting to environmental challenge, for example from allergens, produce and secrete proteins which have profound effects on both resident and nonresident cells located in airways, alveoli, and the vascular tree which provides blood cells to the parenchyma alveolar bed for gas exchange.