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Transfusion

Transfusion is the therapeutic administration of blood or blood components, such as red cells, platelets, plasma, and derived products, into a patient to restore oxygen-carrying capacity, replace clotting factors, correct cytopenias, or manage haemorrhage. Transfusion medicine, the discipline that governs this pract…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 19× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 3070-1937 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Transfusion is the therapeutic administration of blood or blood components, such as red cells, platelets, plasma, and derived products, into a patient to restore oxygen-carrying capacity, replace clotting factors, correct cytopenias, or manage haemorrhage. Transfusion medicine, the discipline that governs this practice, spans donor recruitment and screening, blood collection and processing, component preparation and storage, compatibility testing through blood-group serology, and the clinical decision to transfuse, alongside haemovigilance to detect and prevent adverse reactions and transfusion-transmitted infection. Safe practice depends on accurate blood-group and antigen matching, appropriate indications, and quality management throughout the transfusion chain. The research themes reflected here include collaborative blood-management systems and bridging gaps in transfusion services, blood-ordering practice for packed red cells, and acute normovolaemic haemodilution in cardiac surgery. Other work addresses platelet storage and quality, red-cell antigen phenotyping such as Duffy in defined populations, screening for transfusion-transmissible infections including hepatitis C in donors, and donor recruitment and misconceptions. Studies extend to thalassaemia and other conditions requiring chronic transfusion support. Across these topics, blood safety, component quality, and appropriate clinical use recur. The journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical and laboratory studies, service evaluations, and reviews addressing transfusion practice, blood-component science, donor and recipient safety, and the organization of transfusion services.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

The Evolution of Fetal Surgery

Knezevich MichelleCorresponding author
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Exact topic Fetal Surgery doi:10.14302/issn.2997-2086.jfs-17-1663

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 19 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 Transfusion, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Blood Transfusion (ISSN 3070-1937).

Journal editorial board
PROF OSARO ERHABOR · United Kingdom Nobu Akiyama · Japan Young-Kyun Lee · South Korea

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