Randomised comparison of leucocyte-depleted versus buffy-coat-poor blood transfusion and complications after colorectal surgery

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9031, 1996, Pages 841-845

  Jensen, Lone S ^a,b   Kissmeyer Nielsen, Peter ^a,b   Wolff, Birgit ^a,b   Qvist, Niels ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030604913     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)06168-5     Document Type: Article

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