A patient-centric approach to preventing allergic reactions to platelet transfusions

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1651-1653

  Vamvakas, Eleftherios C ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE;

ALLERGIC TRANSFUSION REACTION; APHERESIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY;

BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE;

EID: 80051621494     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03246.x     Document Type: Review

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