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Issue: Ahead-of-Print Publication Date: 2026-07-15
Standardized diagnostic approach for cold agglutinin disease: results from a Delphi-Based Expert Consensus: Diagnostic consensus for cold agglutinin disease

Gianluca Ubezio, Wilma Barcellini, Serelina Coluzzi, Bruno Fattizzo, Antonella Matteocci, Andrea Patriarca, Sebastiano Salvatore Pergolizzi, Daniele Prati, Nicoletta Revelli, Francesco Fiorin
Issue: Vol. 23 No. 6 (2025): Blood Transfusion 6-2025 (November-December) Publication Date: 2025-06-20
Transfusion strategies in thalassemia and sickle cell disease SITE-SIMTI-SIdEM Good Practice: Transfusion strategies in hemoglobinopathies

Gian Luca Forni, Aurora Vassanelli, Lucia De Franceschi, Piero Marson, Roberto Lisi, Angelo Ostuni, Antonia Gigante, Raffaella Origa, Francesco Fiorin
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 3 (2024): Blood Transfusion 3-2024 (May-June) Publication Date: 2023-07-27
Recommendations for the management of acute immune thrombocytopenia in children. A Consensus Conference from the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology : AIEOP Consensus for childhood acute ITP

Giovanna Russo, Emilia Parodi, Piero Farruggia, Lucia Dora Notarangelo, Silverio Perrotta, Maddalena Casale, Simone Cesaro, Giovanni Del Borrello, Giovanni Carlo Del Vecchio, Fiorina Giona, Chiara Gorio, Saverio Ladogana, Giuseppe Lassandro, Antonio Marzollo, Karolina Maslak, Maurizio Miano, Margherita Nardi, Giuseppe Palumbo, Francesca Rossi, Marco Spinelli, Alessandra Tolva, Paola Saracco, Ugo Ramenghi, Paola Giordano
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 4 (2024): Blood Transfusion 4-2024 (July-August) Publication Date: 2023-06-12
Histocompatibility assessment in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: recommendations from the Italian Society for Immunogenetics and Transplantation Biology (Associazione Italiana di Immunogenetica e Biologia dei Trapianti - AIBT): Histocompatibility and stem cell transplantation

Roberto Crocchiolo, Caterina Fusco, Marco Andreani, Giovanni Rombolà, Michela Falco, Cinzia Vecchiato, Lucia Garbarino, Lia Mele, Benedetta Mazzi, Alessandra Picardi, Letizia Lombardini, Simona Pollichieni, Maria Chiara De Stefano, Fabio Ciceri, Massimo Cardillo, Franco Papola
Issue: Vol. 21 No. 6 (2023): Blood Transfusion 6-2023 (November-December) Publication Date: 2023-02-23
Managing leukapheresis in adult and pediatric patients eligible for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: suggestions from an Italian Expert Panel: CAR T leukapheresis in adult and pediatric patients

Giovanna Leone, Valentina Baldini, Stefania Bramanti, Roberto Crocchiolo, Salvatore Gattillo, Stefano Ermini, Valeria Giudice, Ivana Ferrero, Tiziana Moscato, Raffaella Milani, Maria Gozzer, Nicola Piccirillo, Cristina Tassi, Valter Tassi, Paola Coluccia
Issue: Vol. 20 No. 3 (2022): Blood Transfusion - 3 2022 (May-June) Publication Date: 2022-01-20
Acquired haemophilia A: Italian Consensus Recommendations on diagnosis, general management and treatment of bleeding

Antonio Coppola, Massimo Franchini, Armando Tripodi, Rita C. Santoro, Giancarlo Castaman, Renato Marino, Ezio Zanon, Cristina Santoro, Gianna F. Rivolta, Laura Contino, Raimondo De Cristofaro, Angelo C. Molinari, Paolo Gresele, Angiola Rocino
Issue: Vol. 18 No. 2 (2020): Blood Transfusion - 2 2020 (March-April) Publication Date: 2019-10-18
Emergency management in patients with haemophilia A and inhibitors on prophylaxis with emicizumab: AICE practical guidance in collaboration with SIBioC, SIMEU, SIMEUP, SIPMeL and SISET

Giancarlo Castaman, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Coppola, Maria E. Mancuso, Rita C. Santoro, Sergio Bernardini, Francesco R. Pugliese, Riccardo Lubrano, Maria Golato, Armando Tripodi, Angiola Rocino, Elena Santagostino
Issue: Vol. 17 No. 3 (2019): Blood Transfusion - 3 2019 (May-June) Publication Date: 2019-02-04
Position paper on laboratory testing for patients with haemophilia. A consensus document from SISET, AICE, SIBioC and SIPMeL

Armando Tripodi, Rita C. Santoro, Sophie Testa, Angelo C. Molinari, Sergio Bernardini, Maria Golato, Giuseppe Lippi, Walter Ageno, Elena Santagostino
Issue: Vol. 17 No. 2 (2019): Blood Transfusion - 2 2019 (March-April) Publication Date: 2019-01-22
Patient blood management in obstetrics: prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage. A NATA consensus statement

Manuel Muñoz, Jakob Stensballe, Anne-Sophie Ducloy-Bouthors, Marie-Pierre Bonnet, Edoardo De Robertis, Ino Fornet, François Goffinet, Stefan Hofer, Wolfgang Holzgreve, Susana Manrique, Jacky Nizard, François Christory, Charles-Marc Samama, Jean-François Hardy

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Recommendations

Standardized diagnostic approach for cold agglutinin disease: results from a Delphi-Based Expert Consensus: Diagnostic consensus for cold agglutinin disease

Transfusion strategies in thalassemia and sickle cell disease SITE-SIMTI-SIdEM Good Practice: Transfusion strategies in hemoglobinopathies

Recommendations for the management of acute immune thrombocytopenia in children. A Consensus Conference from the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology : AIEOP Consensus for childhood acute ITP

Histocompatibility assessment in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: recommendations from the Italian Society for Immunogenetics and Transplantation Biology (Associazione Italiana di Immunogenetica e Biologia dei Trapianti - AIBT): Histocompatibility and stem cell transplantation

Managing leukapheresis in adult and pediatric patients eligible for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: suggestions from an Italian Expert Panel: CAR T leukapheresis in adult and pediatric patients

Acquired haemophilia A: Italian Consensus Recommendations on diagnosis, general management and treatment of bleeding

Emergency management in patients with haemophilia A and inhibitors on prophylaxis with emicizumab: AICE practical guidance in collaboration with SIBioC, SIMEU, SIMEUP, SIPMeL and SISET

Position paper on laboratory testing for patients with haemophilia. A consensus document from SISET, AICE, SIBioC and SIPMeL

Patient blood management in obstetrics: prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage. A NATA consensus statement