Meta-analysis of clinical studies of the efficacy of granulocyte transfusions in the treatment of bacterial sepsis

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Vamvakas, Eleftherios C ^a   Pineda, Alvaro A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

g ranulocytopenia; granulocytes; infection; leukocytes; leukopenia; neutropenia; neutrophils; sepsis; septicemia; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; META ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029993541     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1101(1996)11:1<1::AID-JCA1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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