A comparison of chronic manual and automated red blood cell exchange transfusion in sickle cell disease patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 425-428

  Kuo, Kevin H M ^a   Ward, Richard ^a,b   Kaya, Banu ^c   Howard, Jo ^d   Telfer, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automated exchange transfusion; efficacy; manual exchange transfusion; safety; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUTOMATED MANUAL RED BLOOD CELL EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC MANUAL RED BLOOD CELL EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LINE SEPSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; URTICARIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84923172219     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13294     Document Type: Letter

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