Editorial

Issue: Vol. 24 No. 2 (2026): Blood Transfusion 2-2026 (March-April) Publication Date: 2026-03-02
Precision Medicine and Patient Blood Management - A Good Pairing: Machine learning, intraoperative transfusion

Richard R. Gammon
Issue: Vol. 24 No. 1 (2026): Blood Transfusion 1-2026 (January-February) Publication Date: 2026-01-23
Appropriate preoperative transfusion requests: an unsolved issue: Limited use of MSBOS and Type & Screen protocols

Giovanni Inghilleri
Issue: Vol. 24 No. 1 (2026): Blood Transfusion 1-2026 (January-February) Publication Date: 2026-01-23
Towards a value-based approach in hemophilia: indications from the FAR-BENE study: Towards a value-based approach in hemophilia

Paolo Cortesi
Issue: Vol. 23 No. 6 (2025): Blood Transfusion 6-2025 (November-December) Publication Date: 2025-11-03
Transfusion strategies in hemoglobinopathies: what the latest update of Good Practices tell us in the era of new therapeutic advances: Transfusion strategies in hemoglobinopathies today

Francesca Schieppati
Issue: Vol. 23 No. 5 (2025): Blood Transfusion 5-2025 (September-October) Publication Date: 2025-09-05
Thrombophilia testing: when is it appropriate and when is it not? Thrombophilia testing: appropriate indications

Francesco Marongiu, Doris Barcellona
Issue: Vol. 23 No. 5 (2025): Blood Transfusion 5-2025 (September-October) Publication Date: 2025-09-05
Assessing RBC transfusion efficacy in chronic transfusion recipients: advancing precision transfusion medicine: Precision transfusion: RBC efficacy in chronic recipients

Philip Norris, Michael Busch
Issue: Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Blood Transfusion 1-2025 (January-February) Publication Date: 2025-02-14
Is there no such thing as a free lunch? With Patient Blood Management, maybe there is! Patient Blood Management: a great deal!

Manuel Muñoz, Jens Meier, Anna Falanga
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 4 (2024): Blood Transfusion 4-2024 (July-August) Publication Date: 2024-07-12
Insights and innovations in Blood Transfusion: Insights and innovations in Blood Transfusion

Serelina Coluzzi, Luca Mascaretti
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 3 (2024): Blood Transfusion 3-2024 (May-June) Publication Date: 2024-05-02
Defining the breakpoints of hybrid blood group alleles

Gregory A. Denomme
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 4 (2024): Blood Transfusion 4-2024 (July-August) Publication Date: 2024-03-15
Patients with red cell antibodies: registries improve patient care by increasing patient safety, reducing costs, and enabling health information exchange: Towards health informatics for patients with red cell antibodies

Willy A. Flegel
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 3 (2024): Blood Transfusion 3-2024 (May-June) Publication Date: 2023-11-30
Knowledge, attitudes and practices for blood safety in a worldwide perspective: A lesson from Sub-Saharan Africa

Massimo La Raja
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 1 (2024): Blood Transfusion 1-2024 (January-February) Publication Date: 2023-10-23
Patient Blood Management in obstetrics: a plea for widespread and effective implementation: PBM in obstetrics

Manuel Muñoz
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 1 (2024): Blood Transfusion 1-2024 (January-February) Publication Date: 2023-09-22
Their health is our wealth: lay perceptions on the health impacts of blood donation: Their health is our wealth

Helen Fogarty, Ellen McSweeney, Tor Hervig
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 2 (2024): Blood Transfusion 2-2024 (March-April) Publication Date: 2023-09-21
Toward a definition of immunological risk for patients with anti-HLA antibodies before stem cell transplantation: Anti-HLA antibodies and stem cell transplantation

Roberto Crocchiolo
Issue: Vol. 21 No. 6 (2023): Blood Transfusion 6-2023 (November-December) Publication Date: 2023-09-04
A commentary on the optimal red blood cell transfusion threshold in acute leukemia patients

Akua Asante, Phuong-Lan Nguyen, Neil Blumberg
Issue: Vol. 21 No. 3 (2023): Blood Transfusion 3-2023 (May-June) Publication Date: 2023-02-28
Iron, iron everywhere and not a transfusion should be had: Intravenous iron therapy for iron deficiency anemia

Richard Gammon
Issue: Vol. 21 No. 3 (2023): Blood Transfusion 3-2023 (May-June) Publication Date: 2023-02-24
Acute myocardial infarction and blood transfusion: lessons learned from animal models and clinical studies: Acute myocardial infarction and blood transfusion

Nareg Roubinian, Jeffrey Carson
Issue: Vol. 21 No. 1 (2023): Blood Transfusion 1-2023 (January-February) Publication Date: 2023-02-08
Benefits of hypoxic storage of red blood cells: Hypoxic storage of RBCs

Anastasios G. Kriebardis
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2022 (November-December) Publication Date: 2022-11-30
A new blood group system: scientific relevance and media resonance

Serelina Coluzzi, Nicoletta Revelli, Barbara Baluce
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2022 (November-December) Publication Date: 2022-11-30
Understanding transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) and its complex pathophysiology

Stefan F. van Wonderen, Robert B. Klanderman, Alexander P.J. Vlaar
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 2 2022 (March-April) Publication Date: 2021-12-01
Evans syndrome in the SARS-CoV-2 era: “springing up like mushrooms”

Bruno Fattizzo
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2021 (November-December) Publication Date: 2021-07-29
Viable lymphocytes in fresh frozen plasma as a potential source of graft-versus-host disease: risks and solutions

Bruno Brando
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 5 2021 (September-October) Publication Date: 2021-07-29
What the COVID-19 pandemic can teach us about inclusive blood donation

Lucy Tu, Simar S. Bajaj, Fatima Cody Stanford
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 5 2021 (September-October) Publication Date: 2021-07-20
Could periodontitis represent a risk for contamination of transfused blood units?

Morena Petrini, Tania Pierfelice, Emira D’Amico, Simonetta D’Ercole, Adriano Piattelli, Giovanna Iezzi
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2021 (July-August) Publication Date: 2021-07-13
Keep the heart of the World Blood Donor Day beating: a challenge in times of COVID-19

Vincenzo De Angelis
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2021 (July-August) Publication Date: 2021-07-13
Proceed with care: the “uncommon” serologic weak D phenotypes

Willy Albert Flegel
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2021 (January-February) Publication Date: 2021-01-15
Phage display reloaded: on the development of reliable monoclonal antibodies for potential Rh immune globulin production

Gregory A. Denomme
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2021 (January-February) Publication Date: 2021-01-15
Evans syndrome and infections: a dangerous cocktail to manage with caution

Bruno Fattizzo
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2021 (January-February) Publication Date: 2020-10-09
Blood donation for all: inclusivity is important to the blood supply

Meghan Delaney
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2020 (November-December) Publication Date: 2020-09-18
If not now, when? The value of the MTP in managing massive bleeding

Mark H. Yazer, Jason L. Sperry, Andrew P. Cap
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 5 2020 (September-October) Publication Date: 2020-09-07
Why do we overtreat children with immune thrombocytopenia despite existing evidence-based guidelines?

Wolfgang R. Eberl
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2020 (July-August) Publication Date: 2020-08-13
Antibody testing in patients treated with anti-CD38: there is still room for improvement

Franz F. Wagne
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2020 (November-December) Publication Date: 2020-08-06
Pathogen reduction of blood bank components: a matter of swings and roundabouts

Albert Farrugia, Vincenzo de Angelis
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 5 2020 (September-October) Publication Date: 2020-08-06
Oral iron and blood donation: cui bono?

Bryan R. Spencer
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2020 (July-August) Publication Date: 2020-07-13
A nationwide Turkish movement to implement Patient Blood Management

Suma Choorapoikayil, Kai Zacharowski
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 2 2020 (March-April) Publication Date: 2020-04-02
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and Transfusion Medicine: reflections from Italy

Luca Mascaretti, Vincenzo De Angelis, Pierluigi Berti
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 2 2020 (March-April) Publication Date: 2020-04-02
Blood transfusion during the COVID-19 outbreak

Xiaohong Cai, Ming Ren, Fenghua Chen, Liliang Li, Hang Lei, Xuefeng Wang
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 3 2020 (May-June) Publication Date: 2020-03-17
DEL

Willy Albert Flegel, Franz Friedrich Wagner
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 2 2020 (March-April) Publication Date: 2020-03-17
“Valar morghulis”: all red cells must die

Hara T. Georgatzakou, Marianna H. Antonelou, Effie G. Papageorgiou, Anastasios G. Kriebardis
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2020 (January-February) Publication Date: 2020-02-26
Blood Transfusion: interesting times ahead

Luca Mascaretti
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2020 (January-February) Publication Date: 2020-02-20
In search of the lost blood

Mazyar Javidroozi, Sajjad Naqvi, Aryeh Shander
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2019 (November-December) Publication Date: 2019-12-09
Uncovering occult hepatitis B in blood donations: a tale of two worlds

Daniele Prati, Luca Valenti
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2019 (November-December) Publication Date: 2019-11-11
"The times they are a-changin", ... or maybe not?

Massimo Franchini, Giancarlo M. Liumbruno
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2019 (July-August) Publication Date: 2019-07-25
Personalised Transfusion Medicine

Angelo D'Alessandro, Giancarlo Liumbruno
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 5 2019 (September-October) Publication Date: 2019-07-18
Patient Blood Management is not about blood transfusion: it is about patients' outcomes

Thomas Frietsch, Aryeh Shander, David Faraoni, Jean-Francois Hardy
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2019 (July-August) Publication Date: 2019-06-05
Diversity in a blood bag: application of omics technologies to inform precision transfusion medicine

Tamir Kanias, Michael P. Busch
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 5 2019 (September-October) Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Intracranial haemorrhage in children and adults with haemophilia A and B: a literature review of the last 20 years

Raimondo De Cristofaro, Massimo Franchini
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 2 2019 (March-April) Publication Date: 2019-02-06
Implementation of a patient blood management programme in obstetrics: let's do it!

Massimo Franchini, Giancarlo M. Liumbruno
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2019 (January-February) Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Hitchhiker’s guide to the red blood cell storage lesion

Tiffany Thomas, Steven L. Spitalnik
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2018 (November-December) Publication Date: 2018-10-29
The key role of tranexamic acid in Patient Blood Management programmes

Massimo Franchini, Giancarlo M. Liumbruno
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 6 2018 (November-December) Publication Date: 2018-10-29
Efficacy of platelet-rich plasma as conservative treatment in orthopaedics

Nathan Clendenen, Adit Ginde
Issue: Blood Transfusion 5-2018 (September-October) Publication Date: 2018-08-30
Blood safety policy: should cautionary policies be adopted with caution?

Luciana Riva, Carlo petrini
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 2 2019 (March-April) Publication Date: 2018-07-06
Experience with RHD*weak D type 4.0 in the USA

Connie M. Westhoff, Sandra Nance, Christine Lomas-Francis, Margaret Keller, Stella T. Chou
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 2 2019 (March-April) Publication Date: 2018-05-03
A proposal for a rational transfusion strategy in patients of European and North African descent with weak D type 4.0 and 4.1 phenotypes

Willy A. Flegel, Thierry Peyrard, Jacques Chiaroni, Christophe Tournamille, Déborah Jamet, France Pirenne
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2018 (July - August) Publication Date: 2018-05-03
Tranexamic acid to prevent post-partum haemorrhage

Riana Van Der Linde, Emmanuel J. Favaloro
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 3 2018 (May - June) Publication Date: 2018-03-05
The use of viscoelastic haemostatic assays in non-cardiac surgical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Raimondo De Cristofaro
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2018 (July - August) Publication Date: 2018-03-05
The post-operative management of anaemia: more efforts are needed

Manuel Muñoz, Massimo Franchini, Giancarlo M. Liumbruno
Issue: Blood Transfusion 5-2018 (September-October) Publication Date: 2018-03-02
Non-replacement therapy for haemophilia treatment: fetching the east by the west

Marco Marietta, Mario Luppi
Issue: Blood Transfusion 5-2018 (September-October) Publication Date: 2017-10-26
Testing direct oral anticoagulants: embedding in structured long-term care

Hugo ten Cate
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 3 2018 (May - June) Publication Date: 2017-07-13
Is it time to re-think a sustainable banking model for the Italian Cord Blood Network?

Nicoletta Sacchi
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 4 2018 (July - August) Publication Date: 2017-05-26
Diagnosis and management of patients with von Willebrand's disease in Italy: an Expert Meeting Report

Flora Peyvandi
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2018 (January - February) Publication Date: 2016-12-21
Platelet components: is there need or room for quality control assays of storage lesions?

Olivier Garraud
Issue: Blood Transfusion 2-2018 (March - April) Publication Date: 2016-10-04
Haemophilia B is clinically less severe than haemophilia A: further evidence

Massimo Franchini, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci
Issue: Blood Transfusion - 1 2018 (January - February) Publication Date: 2016-06-22
"Non-remunerated donation": a tautology?

Carlo Petrini

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Editorial

Precision Medicine and Patient Blood Management - A Good Pairing: Machine learning, intraoperative transfusion

Appropriate preoperative transfusion requests: an unsolved issue: Limited use of MSBOS and Type & Screen protocols

Towards a value-based approach in hemophilia: indications from the FAR-BENE study: Towards a value-based approach in hemophilia

Transfusion strategies in hemoglobinopathies: what the latest update of Good Practices tell us in the era of new therapeutic advances: Transfusion strategies in hemoglobinopathies today

Thrombophilia testing: when is it appropriate and when is it not? Thrombophilia testing: appropriate indications

Assessing RBC transfusion efficacy in chronic transfusion recipients: advancing precision transfusion medicine: Precision transfusion: RBC efficacy in chronic recipients

Is there no such thing as a free lunch? With Patient Blood Management, maybe there is! Patient Blood Management: a great deal!

Insights and innovations in Blood Transfusion: Insights and innovations in Blood Transfusion

Defining the breakpoints of hybrid blood group alleles

Patients with red cell antibodies: registries improve patient care by increasing patient safety, reducing costs, and enabling health information exchange: Towards health informatics for patients with red cell antibodies

Knowledge, attitudes and practices for blood safety in a worldwide perspective: A lesson from Sub-Saharan Africa

Patient Blood Management in obstetrics: a plea for widespread and effective implementation: PBM in obstetrics

Their health is our wealth: lay perceptions on the health impacts of blood donation: Their health is our wealth

Toward a definition of immunological risk for patients with anti-HLA antibodies before stem cell transplantation: Anti-HLA antibodies and stem cell transplantation

A commentary on the optimal red blood cell transfusion threshold in acute leukemia patients

Iron, iron everywhere and not a transfusion should be had: Intravenous iron therapy for iron deficiency anemia

Acute myocardial infarction and blood transfusion: lessons learned from animal models and clinical studies: Acute myocardial infarction and blood transfusion

Benefits of hypoxic storage of red blood cells: Hypoxic storage of RBCs

A new blood group system: scientific relevance and media resonance

Understanding transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) and its complex pathophysiology

Evans syndrome in the SARS-CoV-2 era: “springing up like mushrooms”

Viable lymphocytes in fresh frozen plasma as a potential source of graft-versus-host disease: risks and solutions

What the COVID-19 pandemic can teach us about inclusive blood donation

Could periodontitis represent a risk for contamination of transfused blood units?

Keep the heart of the World Blood Donor Day beating: a challenge in times of COVID-19

Proceed with care: the “uncommon” serologic weak D phenotypes

Phage display reloaded: on the development of reliable monoclonal antibodies for potential Rh immune globulin production

Evans syndrome and infections: a dangerous cocktail to manage with caution

Blood donation for all: inclusivity is important to the blood supply

If not now, when? The value of the MTP in managing massive bleeding

Why do we overtreat children with immune thrombocytopenia despite existing evidence-based guidelines?

Antibody testing in patients treated with anti-CD38: there is still room for improvement

Pathogen reduction of blood bank components: a matter of swings and roundabouts

Oral iron and blood donation: cui bono?

A nationwide Turkish movement to implement Patient Blood Management

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and Transfusion Medicine: reflections from Italy

Blood transfusion during the COVID-19 outbreak

DEL

“Valar morghulis”: all red cells must die

Blood Transfusion: interesting times ahead

In search of the lost blood

Uncovering occult hepatitis B in blood donations: a tale of two worlds

"The times they are a-changin", ... or maybe not?

Personalised Transfusion Medicine

Patient Blood Management is not about blood transfusion: it is about patients' outcomes

Diversity in a blood bag: application of omics technologies to inform precision transfusion medicine

Intracranial haemorrhage in children and adults with haemophilia A and B: a literature review of the last 20 years

Implementation of a patient blood management programme in obstetrics: let's do it!

Hitchhiker’s guide to the red blood cell storage lesion

The key role of tranexamic acid in Patient Blood Management programmes

Efficacy of platelet-rich plasma as conservative treatment in orthopaedics

Blood safety policy: should cautionary policies be adopted with caution?

Experience with RHD*weak D type 4.0 in the USA

A proposal for a rational transfusion strategy in patients of European and North African descent with weak D type 4.0 and 4.1 phenotypes

Tranexamic acid to prevent post-partum haemorrhage

The use of viscoelastic haemostatic assays in non-cardiac surgical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The post-operative management of anaemia: more efforts are needed

Non-replacement therapy for haemophilia treatment: fetching the east by the west

Testing direct oral anticoagulants: embedding in structured long-term care

Is it time to re-think a sustainable banking model for the Italian Cord Blood Network?

Diagnosis and management of patients with von Willebrand's disease in Italy: an Expert Meeting Report

Platelet components: is there need or room for quality control assays of storage lesions?

Haemophilia B is clinically less severe than haemophilia A: further evidence

"Non-remunerated donation": a tautology?

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