Feasibility and transport of packed red blood cells into Special Forces operational conditions

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1013-1019

  Boscarino, Cathy ^a   Tien, Homer ^b,c   Acker, Jason ^d   Callum, Jeannie ^b   Hansen, Adele L ^d   Engels, Paul ^e   Glassberg, Elon ^f   Nathens, Avery ^b   Beckett, Andrew ^b,c  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Army Support Unit   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^e ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Medical Corps   (Israel)

Author keywords

combat injuries.; Massive transfusion; PRBC transport; Special Forces; storage lesion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; BATTLE INJURY; CELL STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SOLDIER; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897077655     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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