Red blood cell storage: The story so far

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-88

  D'Alessandro, Angelo ^a,b   Liumbruno, Giancarlo ^b,c   Grazzini, Giuliano ^b   Zolla, Lello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Blood transfusion; Oxidative stress; Red blood cell; Storage lesion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DETOXIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY;

2,3-DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; REFRIGERATION; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 77953516061     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2009.0122-09     Document Type: Review

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