[HTML][HTML] Convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized controlled trial

…, KC Loftsgard, R Carl, M Chassé, MM Cushing… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The efficacy of convalescent plasma for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear.
Although most randomized controlled trials have shown negative results, uncontrolled studies …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of red-cell storage duration on patients undergoing cardiac surgery

…, JG McFarland, Y Park, MM Cushing… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Some observational studies have reported that transfusion of red-cell units that
have been stored for more than 2 to 3 weeks is associated with serious, even fatal, adverse …

[PDF][PDF] SARS-CoV-2 viral load predicts mortality in patients with and without cancer who are hospitalized with COVID-19

…, S Whittier, M Plate, CB Small, JH Rand, MM Cushing… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Patients with cancer may be at increased risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
but the role of viral load on this risk is unknown. We measured SARS-CoV-2 viral load …

[HTML][HTML] Association of age with SARS-CoV-2 antibody response

…, S Rand, A Sukhu, PJ Klasse, MM Cushing… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Accumulating evidence suggests that children infected with severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are more likely to manifest mild symptoms and …

[HTML][HTML] Shotgun transcriptome, spatial omics, and isothermal profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals unique host responses, viral diversification, and drug …

…, M Loda, LF Westblade, M Cushing… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In less than nine months, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
killed over a million people, including >25,000 in New York City (NYC) alone. The …

Essential role of patient blood management in a pandemic: a call for action

…, J Callum, MM Cushing… - Anesthesia & …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), …

[HTML][HTML] Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines are detectable in saliva

…, Z Zhao, PJM Brouwer, MM Cushing… - Pathogens and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The approved Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines are well known to induce serum antibody
responses to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S)-protein. However, their abilities to elicit mucosal …

Efficacy of transfusion with granulocytes from G-CSF/dexamethasone–treated donors in neutropenic patients with infection

…, WG Nichols, TH Hamza, MM Cushing… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
High-dose granulocyte transfusion therapy has been available for 20 years, yet its clinical
efficacy has never been conclusively demonstrated. We report here the results of RING (…

[PDF][PDF] Early introductions and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B. 1.1. 7 in the United States

…, S Murphy, C Neal, E Laszlo, H Rennert, M Cushing… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7, first detected in the United
Kingdom, has become a global public health concern because of its increased transmissibility. …

Association of perioperative red blood cell transfusions with venous thromboembolism in a North American registry

R Goel, EU Patel, MM Cushing, SM Frank… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Increasing evidence supports the role of red blood cells (RBCs) in physiological
hemostasis and pathologic thrombosis. Red blood cells are commonly transfused in the …