Transfusion of fresher versus older red blood cells for all conditions

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Brunskill, Susan J ^a   Wilkinson, Kirstin L ^b   Doree, Carolyn ^a   Trivella, Marialena ^c   Stanworth, Simon ^a,d  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD STORAGE; CHILD; TIME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945389828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010801.pub2     Document Type: Review

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