A comparative study of reducing the extracellular potassium concentration in red blood cells by washing and by reduction of additive solution

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-250

  Bansal, Ila ^a   Calhoun, Beverly W ^a   Joseph, Cherilyn ^a   Pothiawala, Mohammad ^a   Baron, Beverly W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CALCULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERKALEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33846464643     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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