The effect of universal leukodepletion of packed red blood cells on postoperative infections in high-risk patients undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 529-537

  Baron, Jean François ^a   Gourdin, Maximilien ^a   Bertrand, Michèle ^a   Mercadier, Anne ^a   Delort, Josée ^a   Kieffer, Edouard ^a   Coriat, Pierre ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036182263     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200203000-00010     Document Type: Article

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