Safety of uncrossmatched type-O red cells for resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1445-1449

  Dutton, Richard P ^a   Shih, Diane ^a   Edelman, Bennett B ^a   Hess, John ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Transfusion; Uncrossmatched blood

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIBODY; RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SEROCONVERSION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; COHORT ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646174428     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000198373.97217.94     Document Type: Article

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