Method of enhancing efficacy of blood transfusions
View Patent ↗A method of improving the efficacy of a blood transfusion into a subject is provided comprising administering a composition comprising an EAF PEGylated-blood protein into the subject, prior to, during, or subsequent to the blood transfusion.
1. A method for treating a sickle cell disease in a subject who will receive a blood transfusion to treat the sickle cell disease comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising a PEGylated-hemoglobin antioxidant conjugate prior to the blood transfusion.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blood transfusion comprises blood or a blood component, and the blood or the blood component has been obtained from a blood donor more than two weeks prior to the transfusion.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the blood transfusion comprises blood or a blood component, and the blood or the blood component has been obtained from a blood donor more than one month prior to the transfusion.