Transfusion medicine
Transfusion medicine comprises the field of medical science regarding blood transfusion and related areas. As a science discipline it covers a diverse range of topics including, for example, the demography of blood donors, safety of blood donation, the manufacture and storage of blood components, the use and development of blood establishment IT, patient blood management, and the optimum use, the effects and complications of transfusion of blood products.On the laboratory side, transfusion medicine deals with the science of blood group serology, blood group genetics and the red cell and platelet immunology of pregnancy, fetus and the newborn.
In KIA we have an established group engaged in research in some of the many aspects of transfusion medicine. The group works in close collaboration with KIAs adjunct professor, Mark Harris Yazer from the University of Pittsburgh. Over the years, the group has collaborated with research groups in other countries, such as New York Blood Center and the International Blood Group Reference Laboratory in Bristol.
Principal investigator
Mark Harris Yazer, MD, PhD, adjunct professor
Research Unit of Clinical Research, 开云体育提现
Department of Clinical Immunology
Odense University Hospital
J. B. Winsløws Vej 4, DK-5000 Odense C
Members of the team
Ulrik Sprogøe, MD, PhD
Kjell Titlestad, MD, PhD
Ongoing projects
Prevalence and distribution of weak RhD variants in group of Danish and US patients BEST study on group O unmatched RBC and impact on validity of blood grouping results.
Comparison of different automated and manual methodologies for measurement of strength of anti-A in blood group O individuals.
Platelet concentrate delivery through tube transport system.
ROTEM, one year experience and comparison of ROTEM results with transfusion history.
Level of total plasma protein in blood donors correlation to age, gender, ABO blood group and donation history.
Project options for students
Students are welcome to contact the team for inquiries about projects.