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Issue: Vol. 23 No. 2 (2025): Blood Transfusion 2-2025 (March-April) Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Revision and update of the position paper on the management of notifications of donors with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Italy: 2024 position paper on donors with CJD in Italy

Vito Vetrugno, Anna Ladogana, Vincenzo De Angelis
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 5 (2024): Blood Transfusion 5-2024 (September-October) Publication Date: 2024-05-16
Assessing the risk of transfusion-transmitted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a European perspective: Assessing the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Dragoslav Domanovic, Antoine Lewin, Peter O'Leary, Tiziana Janner-Jametti, Soraya Amar El Dusouqui, Ana Sousa, Hans Zaaijer, Barnaby Roberts, Daisy Bougard, Daniele Prati, Jonas Nordberg, Christian Erikstrup, Mart Janssen, Ryanne Lieshout-Krikke, Knut Gubbe, Niamh O'Flaherty, Genevieve Mathy, Andrée-Marie Chantillon, Riikka Lehtisalo, Øfsteng Henning Sørensen, Pierre Tiberghien, Stephen Thomas
Issue: Vol. 21 No. 5 (2023): Blood Transfusion 5-2023 (September-October) Publication Date: 2023-01-26
Bioequivalence of recombinant factor VIII products: a position paper from the Italian Association of Hemophilia Centers: Bioequivalence of rFVIII concentrates

Ezio Zanon, Raimondo De Cristofaro, Massimo Franchini, Massimo Morfini, Gianfranco Pasut, Angelo Claudio Molinari, Cristina Santoro, Rita Carlotta Santoro, Antonio Coppola, Angiola Rocino
Issue: Vol. 20 No. 4 (2022): Blood Transfusion - 4 2022 (July-August) Publication Date: 2022-01-21
Antithrombotic treatment of retinal vein occlusion: a position statement from the Italian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SISET)

Francesco Paciullo, Emanuele Valeriani, Angelo Porfidia, Marcello Di Nisio, Marco P. Donadini, Rossella Marcucci, Domenico Prisco, Carlo Cagini, Paolo Gresele, Walter Ageno
Issue: Vol. 19 No. 4 (2021): Blood Transfusion - 4 2021 (July-August) Publication Date: 2021-05-21
Position paper on the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: an update

Daniele Prati, Francesco Fiorin, Pierluigi Berti, Giustina De Silvestro, Patrizia Accorsi, Angelo Ostuni, on behalf of the Italian Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology (SIMTI), and the Italian Society for Haemapheresis and Cell Manipulation (SIdEM)
Issue: Vol. 19 No. 4 (2021): Blood Transfusion - 4 2021 (July-August) Publication Date: 2021-04-15
Management of cerebral and splanchnic vein thrombosis associated with thrombocytopenia in subjects previously vaccinated with Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca): a position statement from the Italian Society for the Study of Haemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET)

Paolo Gresele, Marco Marietta, Walter Ageno, Rossella Marcucci, Laura Contino, Marco P. Donadini, Laura Russo, Giovanni L. Tiscia, Gualtiero Palareti, Armando Tripodi, Valerio De Stefano
Issue: Vol. 19 No. 1 (2021): Blood Transfusion - 1 2021 (January-February) Publication Date: 2020-12-18
AISF-SIMTI position paper on the appropriate use of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis: a 2020 update

Paolo Caraceni, Paolo Angeli, Daniele Prati, Mauro Bernardi , Pierluigi Berti, Francesco Bennardello, Francesco Fiorin, Pierluigi Piccoli
Issue: Vol. 19 No. 1 (2021): Blood Transfusion - 1 2021 (January-February) Publication Date: 2020-12-18
Heparin induced thrombocytopenia: position paper from the Italian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SISET)

Rossella Marcucci, Martina Berteotti, Anna M. Gori, Betti Giusti, Angela A. Rogolino, Elena Sticchi, Agatina Alessandrello Liotta, Walter Ageno, Erica De Candia, Paolo Gresele, Marina Marchetti, Marco Marietta
Issue: Vol. 18 No. 6 (2020): Blood Transfusion - 6 2020 (November-December) Publication Date: 2020-08-06
Position paper on the safety/efficacy profile of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with chronic kidney disease. Consensus document from the SIN, FCSA and SISET

Elvira Grandone, Filippo Aucella, Doris Barcellona, Giuliano Brunori, Giacomo Forneris, Paolo Gresele, Marco Marietta, Daniela Poli, Sophie Testa, Armando Tripodi, Simonetta C. Genovesi
Issue: Vol. 18 No. 3 (2020): Blood Transfusion - 3 2020 (May-June) Publication Date: 2020-05-22
Position paper on the preparation of immune plasma to be used in the treatment of patients with COVID-19

Patrizia Accorsi, Pierluigi Berti, Vincenzo de Angelis, Giustina De Silvestro, Luca Mascaretti, Angelo Ostuni
Issue: Vol. 18 No. 3 (2020): Blood Transfusion - 3 2020 (May-June) Publication Date: 2020-04-08
COVID-19 and haemostasis: a position paper from Italian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SISET)

Marco Marietta, Walter Ageno, Andrea Artoni, Erica De Candia, Paolo Gresele, Marina Marchetti, Rossella Marcucci, Armando Tripodi
Issue: Vol. 16 No. 5 (2018): Blood Transfusion 5-2018 (September-October) Publication Date: 2017-09-13
Position Paper on laboratory testing for patients on direct oral anticoagulants. A Consensus Document from the SISET, FCSA, SIBioC and SIPMeL

Armando Tripodi, Walter Ageno, Marcello Ciaccio, Cristina Legnani, Giuseppe Lippi, Cesare Manotti, Rossella Marcucci, Marco Moia, Benedetto Morelli, Daniela Poli, Agostino Steffan, Sophie Testa

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Position paper

Revision and update of the position paper on the management of notifications of donors with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Italy: 2024 position paper on donors with CJD in Italy

Assessing the risk of transfusion-transmitted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a European perspective: Assessing the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Bioequivalence of recombinant factor VIII products: a position paper from the Italian Association of Hemophilia Centers: Bioequivalence of rFVIII concentrates

Antithrombotic treatment of retinal vein occlusion: a position statement from the Italian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SISET)

Position paper on the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: an update

Management of cerebral and splanchnic vein thrombosis associated with thrombocytopenia in subjects previously vaccinated with Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca): a position statement from the Italian Society for the Study of Haemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET)

AISF-SIMTI position paper on the appropriate use of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis: a 2020 update

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia: position paper from the Italian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SISET)

Position paper on the safety/efficacy profile of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with chronic kidney disease. Consensus document from the SIN, FCSA and SISET

Position paper on the preparation of immune plasma to be used in the treatment of patients with COVID-19

COVID-19 and haemostasis: a position paper from Italian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SISET)

Position Paper on laboratory testing for patients on direct oral anticoagulants. A Consensus Document from the SISET, FCSA, SIBioC and SIPMeL