Transfusion premedication to prevent acute transfusion reactions: A retrospective observational study to assess current practices

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1722-1730

  Fry, Jessica L ^a,b   Arnold, Donald M ^a,b   Clase, Catherine M ^a,b   Crowther, Mark A ^a,b   Holbrook, Anne M ^a,b   Traore, Aicha N ^a,b   Warkentin, Theodore E ^a,b   Heddle, Nancy M ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PREMEDICATION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955158053     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02636.x     Document Type: Article

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