JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee

Management of Bleeding

  • Gibbs VN, Champaneria R, Sandercock J, Welton NJ, Geneen LJ, Brunskill SJ, Dorée C, Kimber C, Palmer AJ,
    Estcourt LJ. Pharmacological interventions for the prevention of bleeding in people undergoing elective hip or knee surgery: a
    systematic review and network meta-analysis.
    The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2024;1: CD013295.
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  • Beverly A, Ong G, Kimber C, Sandercock J, Doree C, Welton NJ, et al.
    Drugs to reduce bleeding and transfusion in major open vascular or endovascular surgery: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
    The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023;2:CD013649.
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  • Gibbs VN, Champaneria R, Geneen LJ, Raval P, Doree C, Brunskill SJ, Novak A, Palmer AJ, Estcourt LJ..
    Pharmacological interventions for the prevention of bleeding in people undergoing definitive fixation or joint replacement for hip, pelvic and long bone fractures.
    The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023;6:CD013499.
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  • McQuilten ZK, Crighton G, Brunskill S, Morison JK, Richter TH, Waters N, et al.
    Optimal Dose, Timing and Ratio of Blood Products in Massive Transfusion: Results from a Systematic Review.
    Transfusion Medicine Reviews 2018; 32(1):6-15.
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  • Fabes J, Brunskill SJ, Curry N, Doree C, Stanworth SJ.
    Pro-coagulant haemostatic factors for the prevention and treatment of bleeding in people without haemophilia.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018;12:CD010649.
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  • Oakland K, Isherwood J, Lahiff C, Goldsmith P, Desborough M, Colman KS, Guy R, Uberoi R, Murphy MF, East JE, Hopewell S, Jairath V.
    Diagnostic and therapeutic treatment modalities for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: a systematic review.
    Endoscopy International Open. 2017;5(10):E959-E973.
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  • Murphy MF, Estcourt LJ, Goodnough LT.
    Blood transfusion strategies in elderly patients. [Letter]
    Lancet Haematology 2017;4(10):e453-e454
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  • Desborough MJ, Oakland K, Brierley C, Bennett S, Doree C, Trivella M, Hopewell S, Stanworth SJ, Estcourt LJ.
    Desmopressin use for minimising perioperative blood transfusion.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017;7:CD001884.
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  • Desborough MJ, Oakland KA, Ladoni G, Crivellari, Doree C, Estcourt LJ, Stanworth SJ.
    Desmopressin for treatment of platelet dysfunction and reversal of antiplatelet agents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
    Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis 2017. 15(2):263-272.
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  • Estcourt LJ, Desborough M, Brunskill SJ, Doree C, Hopewell S, Murphy MF, Stanworth SJ.
    Antifibrinolytics (lysine analogues) for the prevention of bleeding in people with haematological disorders.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016;(3):CD009733.
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  • McQuilten ZK, Crighton G, Engelbrecht S, Gotmaker R, Brunskill SJ, Murphy MF, Wood EM.
    Transfusion interventions in critical bleeding requiring massive transfusion: a systematic review
    Transfusion Medicine Reviews 2015; 29(2):127-37.
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  • Hunt H, Stanworth S, Curry N, Woolley T, Cooper C, Ukoumunne O, Zhelev Z, Hyde C.
    Thromboelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) for trauma induced coagulopathy in adult trauma patients with bleeding
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015; (2):CD010438.
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  • Estcourt LJ, Pinchon D, Symington E, Kelly AM, Doree C, Brunskill S, Glidewell L, Stanworth S.
    Does bleeding affect patient-reported outcome measures in patients with myelodysplasia or hematologic malignancies: a systematic review.
    Transfusion 2014;(54): 1166–1179.
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  • Curry N, Hopewell S, Dorée C, Hyde C, Brohi K, Stanworth S.
    The acute management of trauma hemorrhage: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
    Critical Care 2011;1 5(2): R92.
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  • Curry N, Stanworth S, Hopewell S, Dorée C, Brohi K, Hyde C.
    Trauma-induced coagulopathy - a review of the systematic reviews: is there sufficient evidence to guide clinical transfusion practice?
    Transfusion Medicine Reviews 2011; 25(3): 217-231.e2.
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  • Hearnshaw S, Travis S, Murphy M.
    The role of blood transfusion in the management of upper and lower intestinal tract bleeding.
    Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology 2008; 22(2):355-371.
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