Transfusion of recently donated (fresh) red blood cells (RBCs) does not improve survival in comparison with current practice, while safety of the oldest stored units is yet to be established: a meta-analysis

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-54

  Remy, K E ^a   Sun, J ^a   Wang, D ^a   Welsh, J ^a   Solomon, S B ^a   Klein, H G ^a   Natanson, C ^a   Cortes Puch I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

blood safety; clinical trial; quality control; red cell components; transfusion medicine (in general); transfusion therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD STORAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84977479897     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12380     Document Type: Article

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