Neil Blumberg on Massive Transfusion in Trauma and Hemorrhagic Emergencies
Neil Blumberg, Professor, Director of Transfusion Medicine/Blood Bank at University of Rochester Medical Center, shared on LinkedIn:
”Massive transfusion protocols and use of whole blood in trauma/hemorrhagic emergencies have become the standard of practice in many hospitals.
However, there are remaining questions about these clinical approaches that need to be answered before we know how to best care for such patients.
We address some of these issues, which would best be addressed by future research.
It is behind a paywall at Anesthesia and Analgesia, but .pdfs are available on request.
Thi Nguyen PL, Marcucci C, Refaai M, Asante A, Tong N, Blumberg N. Whole Blood versus Components for Transfusion in Trauma and Life-Threatening Hemorrhage-Unresolved Issues. Anesth Analg. 2026 Jan 13. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007923. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41529673.”
Read the full article here.
Article: Whole Blood versus Components for Transfusion in Trauma and Life-Threatening Hemorrhage-Unresolved Issues
Authors: Thi Nguyen, Phuong-Lan Marcucci, Catherine Marcucci, Majed Refaai, Akua Asante, Nicholas Tong, Neil Blumberg

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