Red blood cell transfusion is associated with increased hemolysis and an acute phase response in a subset of critically ill children

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 915-920

  L'Acqua, Camilla ^a,b   Bandyopadhyay, Sheila ^b   Francis, Richard O ^b   Mcmahon, Donald J ^b   Nellis, Marianne ^c   Sheth, Sujit ^c   Kernie, Steven G ^b   Brittenham, Gary M ^b   Spitalnik, Steven L ^b   Hod, Eldad A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFERRIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETIOLOGY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84942082191     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24119     Document Type: Article

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