The effect of blood storage duration on in-hospital mortality: A randomized controlled pilot feasibility trial

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1203-1212

  Heddle, Nancy M ^a,b,c,d,e   Cook, Richard J ^a,b,c,d,e   Arnold, Donald M ^a,b,c,d,e   Crowther, Mark A ^a,b,c,d,e   Warkentin, Theodore E ^a,b,c,d,e   Webert, Kathryn E ^a,b,c,d,e   Hirsh, Jack ^a,b,c,d,e   Barty, Rebecca L ^a,b,c,d,e   Liu, Yang ^a,b,c,d,e   Lester, Connie ^a,b,c,d,e   Eikelboom, John W ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862776674     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03521.x     Document Type: Article

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