Each month, the NHS Blood and Transplant Systematic Review Initiative provides an overview of the most important new publications in transfusion medicine, enhanced with PICO Summaries.

All content is sourced from the Transfusion Evidence Library which is free to access worldwide.

Click here for the web version of the Transfusion Evidence Alert.

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Intravenous versus oral iron for anaemia among pregnant women in Nigeria (IVON): an open-label, randomised controlled trial.
Afolabi, B.B., et al. (2024). The Lancet. Global Health.
PICO Summary available

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TC-325 superiority in malignant gastrointestinal bleeding - an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Alali, A.A., et al. (2024). The American Journal of Gastroenterology. [Record in progress].

Pomalidomide for epistaxis in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Al-Samkari, H., et al. (2024). The New England Journal of Medicine.

The efficacy, safety and effectiveness of hyperoncotic albumin solutions in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bannard-Smith, J., et al. (2024). Journal of the Intensive Care Society.

Outcomes of kidney transplantation in highly HLA-sensitized patients treated with intravenous immuno-globulin, plasmapheresis and rituximab: a meta-analysis.
Chandramohan, D., et al. (2024). Life.

Balancing donor health and plasma collection: a systematic review of the impact of plasmapheresis frequency.
D'Aes, T., et al. (2024). Transfusion Medicine Reviews. [Record in progress].

An evaluation of diethylhexyl phthalate free top & bottom in-line blood collection set with a new soft housing filter.
Danilova, E., et al. (2024). Transfusion Medicine. [Record in progress].

The cost-effectiveness of preventing, diagnosing, and treating postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review of economic evaluations.
Ginnane, J.F., et al. (2024). PLoS Medicine.

Efficacy and safety of recombinant human thrombopoietin for the treatment of chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia in children and adolescents: a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial.
Ma, J., et al. (2024). British Journal of Haematology. [Record in progress].

Intraoperative tranexamic acid administration in cranial meningioma surgery: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled trials.
Vychopen, M., et al. (2024). Frontiers in Oncology.

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The Systematic Review Initiative (SRI) is a clinical research group established in 2001 by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and funded by the UK Blood Services. The primary objective of the SRI is to “develop the evidence base for the practice of transfusion medicine”, by undertaking systematic reviews and other evidence-based medicine research projects in the transfusion field. @sritransfusion