How red blood cell quality is starting to carry its weight

Kevin E Shopsowitz¹, Andrew W Shih^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Editorial

Kevin E Shopsowitz et al. Transfusion. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;61(2):336-339.

doi: 10.1111/trf.16264.

Kevin E Shopsowitz¹, Andrew W Shih^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Comment on

Blood donor obesity is associated with changes in red blood cell metabolism and susceptibility to hemolysis in cold storage and in response to osmotic and oxidative stress.
Hazegh K, Fang F, Bravo MD, Tran JQ, Muench MO, Jackman RP, Roubinian N, Bertolone L, DʼAlessandro A, Dumont L, Page GP, Kanias T. Hazegh K, et al. Transfusion. 2021 Feb;61(2):435-448. doi: 10.1111/trf.16168. Epub 2020 Nov 4. Transfusion. 2021. PMID: 33146433 Free PMC article.
Higher donor body mass index is associated with increased hemolysis of red blood cells at 42-days of storage: A retrospective analysis of routine quality control data.
Sparrow RL, Payne KA, Adams GG. Sparrow RL, et al. Transfusion. 2021 Feb;61(2):449-463. doi: 10.1111/trf.16203. Epub 2020 Nov 24. Transfusion. 2021. PMID: 33231302

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