Clinical studies of the effect of blood storage on patient outcomes

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-106

  Triulzi, Darrell J ^a,b   Yazer, Mark H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEPSIS; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955421334     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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