Effect of WBC reduction of transfused RBCs on postoperative infection rates in cardiac surgery

Transfusion

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1127-1134

  Wallis, J P ^a,b   Chapman, C E ^a,b   Orr, K E ^a,b   Clark, S C ^a,b   Forty, J R ^a,b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRECIPITATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036725089     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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