Clinical Outcomes Following Institution of Universal Leukoreduction of Blood Transfusions for Premature Infants

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1950-1956

  Fergusson, Dean ^a,b,c   Hébert, Paul C ^a,c   Lee, Shoo K ^e   Walker, C Robin ^d   Barrington, Keith J ^b   Joseph, Lawrence ^b   Blajchman, Morris A ^f   Shapiro, Stan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD FILTRATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOREDUCTION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD BANK; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD BANKS; CANADA; CELL SEPARATION; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037448957     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.15.1950     Document Type: Article

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