Premedication with acetaminophen or diphenhydramine for transfusion with leucoreduced blood products in children

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 781-787

  Sanders, Robert P ^a,b   Maddirala, Sunil D ^c   Geiger, Terrence L ^b   Pounds, Stanley ^b   Sandlund, John T ^b,d   Ribeiro, Raul C ^b,d   Pui, Ching Hon ^b,d   Howard, Scott C ^b,d  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Mercy Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Clinical transfusion medicine; Paediatric haematology; Paediatric oncology; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLIOMA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD DISEASE; CHILD; CHILL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILLS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREMEDICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 27244432587     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05670.x     Document Type: Article

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