More on the age of transfused red Cells

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 283-284

  Klein, Harvey G ^a   Cortés Puch, Irene ^a   Natanson, Charles ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE STORAGE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD STORAGE; FEMALE; MALE;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84937035819     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1505699     Document Type: Letter

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