Leukocyte-depletion of blood components does not significantly reduce the risk of infectious complications. Results of a double-blinded, randomized study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-153

  Titlestad, Ingrid ^a   Ebbesen, Liselotte S ^a   Ainsworth, Alan P ^a   Lillevang, Søren T ^a   Qvist, Niels ^a   Georgsen, Jørgen ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Leukocyte depleted erythrocyte suspension; New variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Non leukocyte depleted erythrocyte suspension

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034949213     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840100298     Document Type: Article

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