Clinical effects of reverting from leukoreduced to nonleukoreduced blood in cardiac surgery

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-391

  Fung, Mark K ^b   Moore, Karan ^b   Ridenour, Marilyn ^b   Mook, William ^b   Triulzi, Darrell J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKAPHERESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644669725     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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