Transfusions in the less severely injured: Does age of transfused blood affect outcomes?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 794-798

  Weinberg, Jordan A ^a,b,f   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,c   Marques, Marisa B ^d   Cherry, Samuel A ^e   Reiff, Donald A ^a,b   Kerby, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Rue, Loring W ^a,b  

^a Center for Injury Sciences   (United States)

^b Surgical Critical Care ^*  (United States)

^c Dept ot Hlth Management and Policy   (Indonesia)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Pneumonia; Renal failure; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BLUNT TRAUMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX INJURY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67650594229     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318184aa11     Document Type: Article

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