What's New - Chronological (July 2020)
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- BC PBCO
- NEW TraQ's June newsletter
6 July
- Canada: U of A researcher to test whether COVID-19 antibodies provide long-term immunity (25 June 2020)
- India: Doctor’s failure to detect multiple pregnancy is negligence: High Court (4 July 2020)
- Nigeria: Pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia at higher risk of COVID-19 infection - Expert (5 July 2020)
- Philippines: Anti-HIV drugs didn't work in COVID-19 cases - DOH (6 July 2020)
- Resources (CBS, Canada): Canadian Clinical Guide to Organ Donation (e-Learning course)
- Al-Riyami AZ, Schäfer R, van der Berg K, et al;ISBT Convalescent Plasma Working Group. Clinical use of convalescent plasma in the COVID-19 pandemic; a transfusion-focussed gap analysis with recommendations for future research priorities. Vox Sang. 2020;10.1111/vox.12973. Epub 2020 Jun 15. (Open access)
- Barriteau CM, Bochey P, Lindholm PF, Hartman K, Sumugod R, Ramsey G. Blood transfusion utilization in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Transfusion. 2020;10.1111/trf.15947. Epub 2020 Jun 24. (Free full text)
- Gehrie EA, Frank SM, Goobie SM. Balancing supply and demand for blood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anesthesiology. 2020;133(1):16-8. (Free full text)
- Khamis F, Al-Zakwani I, Al Hashmi S, et al. Therapeutic plasma exchange in adults with severe COVID-19 infection. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;S1201-9712(20)30499-9. Epub 2020 Jun 22. (Open access)
- Maldonado E, Tao D, Mackey K. Antithrombotic therapies in COVID-19 disease: a systematic review. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;1-9. Epub 2020 Jun 17.
4 July
- India: No charges for receiving plasma, Delhi Plasma Bank clarifies (2 July 2020)
- India: Delhi to set up plasma bank, launch helpline (30 June 2020) | Related:
- Korea: ‘Plasma therapy effective on Covid-19 despite blood type mismatch’ (2 July 2020)
- Im JH, et al. Convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus disease 2019: a case report and suggestions to overcome obstacles. J Korean Med Sci. 2020 Jul 06;35(26):e239. English. Epub Jun 26, 2020. (Open access)
- Nigeria: New sickle cell disease testing on newborns (2 July 2020)
- Philippines: Gov’t warns against ‘middlemen’ buying, selling plasma for COVID-19 patients in Central Visayas (3 July 2020)
- Industry news: How a device shelved for health reasons in France remained in use in U.S. (1 July 2020)
- Resources (UK): SHOT Bites
- Ferguson E, Hill A, Lam M, et al. A typology of blood donor motivations. Transfusion. 2020;10.1111/trf.15913. Epub 2020 Jul.
- Haw J, Holloway K, Masser BM, Merz EM, Thorpe R. Blood donation and the global COVID-19 pandemic: areas for social science research. (Commentary) Vox Sang. 2020;10.1111/vox.12974. Epub 2020 Jun 15. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
- Kellie FJ, Wandabwa JN, Mousa HA, Weeks AD. Mechanical and surgical interventions for treating primary postpartum haemorrhage. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020;7:CD013663. Epub 2020 Jul 1. (Free full text)
1 July
- New TM blog: You never give me your money (Musings on paying to develop COVID-19 vaccine)
- TraQ's June newsletter
- Genes, blood type tied to risk of severe COVID-19 (NIH Director's blog, 18 June 2020)
- Lawsuit targets Big Pharma for billions over price fixing (24 June 2020)
- Will coronavirus pandemic change Big Pharma's long-term focus? (15 June 2020) | Includes 2:30 min. video
- Goolsby C, Rojas LE, Rodzik RH, Gausche-Hill M, Neal MD, Levy MJ. High-school students can stop the bleed: a randomized, controlled educational trial. Acad Pediatr. 2020;S1876-2859(20)30193-5. Epub 2020 May 27.
- Nolen L. How medical education is missing the bull's-eye. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(26):2489-91. (Free full text)
- Xu Y, Wood AM, Sweeting MJ, Roberts DJ, Tom BD. Optimal individualized decision rules from a multi-arm trial: A comparison of methods and an application to tailoring inter-donation intervals among blood donors in the UK. Stat Methods Med Res. 2020;962280220920669. Epub 2020 May 8. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract