Nancy M. Dunbar, MD

Selected Publications

Survey of cryoprecipitate production and cryoprecipitate and fibrinogen concentrate utilization in North America: Variable practices observed from July 2016 to June 2021, The BEST Collaborative Study.
Lu W, Singh U, Ziman A, Vassallo R, Poisson JL, Shih AW, Raval JS, Grandoni J, Jacquot C, Germain M, Dunbar NM, Cohn C, Young P, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative
Transfusion. 2025 Nov;65(11):2091-2104. doi: 10.1111/trf.18434. Epub 2025 Sep 28.
PMID: 41017017

Immunologic investigation of an allergic transfusion reaction suspected due to alpha-gal syndrome.
Jones VM, Nakahara H, Choudhary SK, Dunbar NM, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Ratcliffe NR, Cervinski M, Yanik AJ, Fuller M, Spence BC, Huynh AV, Stowell SR, Commins SP, Kaufman RM
Transfusion. 2025 Oct;65(10):1989-1995. doi: 10.1111/trf.18405. Epub 2025 Sep 12.
PMID: 40938245

ABO-mismatched platelet and plasma transfusion practices and the potential for transfusion-related alpha-gal syndrome: The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative Study.
Dunbar NM, Kaufman RM, Bary KS, Bellairs GRM, Cohn CS, Delettre F, Ditcham S, Duarte GC, Ellison A, Fachini R, George CE, Humbrecht C, Louw V, Meier S, Morley S, Mwase M, Robitaille N, Rushford K, Sato T, Schafer R, Staves J, Takanashi M, Tiberghien P, Wendel S, Wood EM, Ziman A, Murphy MF, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative
Transfusion. 2025 Sep;65(9):1621-1629. doi: 10.1111/trf.18338. Epub 2025 Jul 11.
PMID: 40643108

How do we maintain a dual inventory of room temperature stored platelets with cold-stored platelets?
Cohn CS, Dunbar NM, Kaplan A, Spinella PC, Young PP, Ziman A
Transfusion. 2025 Jul;65(7):1218-1222. doi: 10.1111/trf.18289. Epub 2025 May 25.
PMID: 40413727

Why do people still make anti-D over 50 years after the introduction of Rho(D) immune globulin? A Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative study.
DelBaugh RM, Murphy MF, Staves J, Fachini RM, Wendel S, Hands K, Bonet-Bub C, Kutner JM, Cohn CS, Cox CA, Jacquot C, Hasan RA, Lu W, Juskewitch JE, Raval JS, Rollins-Raval MA, Fung MK, Ziman A, Fermon EJ, Gorlin JB, Peters J, Dunbar NM, BEST foRmation of Anti‐D After Rhogam (RADAR) Study Investigators and the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative
Transfusion. 2025 May;65(5):957-967. doi: 10.1111/trf.18202. Epub 2025 Mar 10.
PMID: 40059673

Double trouble: A baby with concurrent hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
DelBaugh RM, Thomas B, Gower BJ, Condict B, Luitel A, Davis KN, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Kaufman RM, Dunbar NM
Transfusion. 2025 Feb;65(2):252-254. doi: 10.1111/trf.18120. Epub 2025 Jan 4.
PMID: 39754478

To err is human … so how can we prevent all ABO-incompatible transfusions?
Dunbar NM, Kaufman RM
Br J Haematol. 2025 Feb;206(2):798-799. doi: 10.1111/bjh.19904. Epub 2024 Dec 4.
PMID: 39632346

Addressing platelet insecurity - A national call to action.
Gehrie EA, Young PP, Basavaraju SV, Bracey AW, Cap AP, Culler L, Dunbar NM, Homer M, Isufi I, Macedo R, Petraszko T, Ramsey G, Tormey CA, Kaufman RM, Snyder EL
Transfusion. 2024 Oct;64(10):2001-2013. doi: 10.1111/trf.17987. Epub 2024 Aug 12.
PMID: 39133194

Management of coagulopathy among patients with cirrhosis undergoing upper endoscopy and paracentesis: Persistent gaps and areas of consensus in a multispecialty Delphi.
Tapper EB, Warner MA, Shah RP, Emamaullee J, Dunbar NM, Sholzberg M, Poston JN, Soto RJ, Sarwar A, Pillai A, Reyner K, Mehta S, Ghabril M, Morgan TR, Caldwell S
Hepatology. 2024 Aug 1;80(2):488-499. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000856. Epub 2024 Apr 1.
PMID: 38557474

Global prevalence and content of information about alcohol use as a cancer risk factor on Twitter.
King AJ, Dunbar NM, Margolin D, Chunara R, Tong C, Jih-Vieira L, Matsen CB, Niederdeppe J
Prev Med. 2023 Dec;177:107728. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107728. Epub 2023 Oct 14.
PMID: 37844803

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