Low risk of hemolysis after transfusion of uncrossmatched red blood cells

Immunohematology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Radkay, L ^a   Triulzi, D J ^a,b   Yazer, M H ^a,b  

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

^b INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Hemolysis; Rbc; Transfusion; Uncrossmatched

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCROSSMATCHED ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

EID: 84880573962     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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