Effects of storage of red cells

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 359-367

  Van De Watering, Leo M G ^a,b   Brand, Anneke ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sanquin Bloedbank Regio Zuidwest Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse transfusion effects; Old blood; Red cell storage; Red cell storage lesion; Transfusion reactions

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM);

ANEMIA; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN AFFINITY; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 53949090367     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155221     Document Type: Review

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