Effects of prestorage vs poststorage leukoreduction on the rate of febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions to platelets

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-259

  Wang, Rachel R ^a   Triulzi, Darrell J ^a,b   Qu, Lirong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukoreduction; Platelets; Transfusion reactions

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC TRANSFUSION REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE NONHEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONLEUKOREDUCED POOLED PLATELET; POSTSTORAGE LEUKOREDUCED POOLED PLATELET; PRESTORAGE LEUKOREDUCED POOLED PLATELET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CAUSALITY; FEVER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; PENNSYLVANIA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PLATELETPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865438960     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP5H7EKZTGGBKZ     Document Type: Article

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