Transfusion of fresher vs older red blood cells in hospitalized patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Blood

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 400-410

  Alexander, Paul E ^a   Barty, Rebecca ^b   Fei, Yutong ^a,c   Vandvik, Per Olav ^d,e,f   Pai, Menaka ^b,g   Siemieniuk, Reed A C ^h   Heddle, Nancy M ^g   Blumberg, Neil ⁱ   McLeod, Shelley L ^j   Liu, Jianping ^c   Eikelboom, John W ^g   Guyatt, Gordon H ⁱ  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^f INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^g Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AGE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS INFECTION; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE AGING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS;

EID: 84958163346     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-09-670950     Document Type: Review

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