Prolonged storage of packed red blood cells for blood transfusion

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Martí Carvajal, Arturo J ^a   Simancas Racines, Daniel ^b   Peña González, Barbra S ^c  

^a Iberoamerican Cochrane Network   (Venezuela)

^b School of Engineering Sciences and Industry   (Ecuador)

^c Universidad Arturo Michelena   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHELF LIFE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOCRIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84957425877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009330.pub2     Document Type: Review

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