Effect of premedication guidelines and leukoreduction on the rate of febrile nonhaemolytic platelet transfusion reactions

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-206

  Patterson, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Freedman, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Blanchette, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sher, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Pinkerton, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hannach, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Meharchand, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Lau, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Boyce, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Pinchefsky, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Tasev, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Poon, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Shulman, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mack, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Thomas, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Greenspan, ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Panzarella, ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Febrile nonhaemolytic transfusion reaction; FNHTR; Leukoreduction; Platelets; Premedication; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TIME; URTICARIA;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; CHILLS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0033827943     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2000.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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