Blood is the fluid that circulates through the body, carrying oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and immune cells to tissues while removing carbon dioxide and waste products. It is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets suspended in plasma, each component performing distinct roles in oxygen transport…
Blood is the fluid that circulates through the body, carrying oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and immune cells to tissues while removing carbon dioxide and waste products. It is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets suspended in plasma, each component performing distinct roles in oxygen transport, immune defense, and clotting. Because blood underpins so many vital functions, its study, testing, donation, and transfusion are central to transfusion medicine and broader clinical care. Within the International Journal of Blood Transfusion, blood is examined across its donation, processing, testing, and clinical use. Reported research relevant to this topic includes evaluations of blood-ordering practice for packed red blood cells in a tertiary hospital, the development of a collaborative blood management system to bridge gaps in transfusion services, acute normovolemic hemodilution in complex cardiac surgery, the relationship between glucose and apoptosis in stored platelets, blood donation knowledge and misconceptions, the distribution of the Duffy red-cell antigen phenotype in a screened population, recommended standards for measuring blood pressure in research, and the genetics of inherited bleeding disorders affecting coagulation factors. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to blood, its components, and its safe clinical use.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 143 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Blood, linking to each citing work.