The International Society of Blood Transfusion, The Systematic Research Initiative, The Transfusion Evidence Library & Stem Cell Evidence | September 2021 | Patient Safety Safe Maternal and Newborn Care

For the first Transfusion Evidence Round-Up, ten articles are highlighted to bring attention to this year's World Patient Safety Day theme of "Safe Maternal and Newborn Care", the circular includes 10 articles on this year's theme. These are:

Implementation outcomes of policy and programme innovations to prevent obstetric haemorrhage in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Ryan, N., et al. (2020). Health Policy and Planning.

The effect of tranexamic acid by baseline risk in acute bleeding patients: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data from 28 333 patients.
Ageron, F.X., et al. (2020). British Journal of Anaesthesia.

Tranexamic acid for treatment of primary postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Della Corte, L., et al. (2018). The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine.

Effects of Liberal vs Restrictive Transfusion Thresholds on Survival and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants: The ETTNO Randomized Clinical Trial.
Franz, A.R., et al. (2020). JAMA.

The Recognition of Excessive blood loss At ChildbirTh (REACT) Study: A two-phase exploratory, sequential mixed methods inquiry using focus groups, interviews, and a pilot, randomised crossover study.
Hancock, A., et al. (2021). BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. [Record in progress]

Single- versus multiple-unit transfusion in hemodynamically stable postpartum anemia: a pragmatic randomized, controlled trial.
Hamm, R.F., et al. (2021). American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The definition, screening, and treatment of postpartum anemia: A systematic review of guidelines.
Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández. R., et al. (2020). Birth.

Higher or Lower Hemoglobin Transfusion Thresholds for Preterm Infants. Kirpalani, H., et al. (2020). The New England Journal of Medicine.

Uterotonic agents for first-line treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis.
Parry Smith, W.R., et al. (2020). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

The WOMAN trial: clinical and contextual factors surrounding the deaths of 483 women following post-partum haemorrhage in developing countries.
Picetti, R., et al. (2020). BMC Pregnancy Childbirth.

The round-up is available from The Transfusion Evidence Library

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