Emergency transfusion of patients with unknown blood type with blood group O Rhesus D positive red blood cell concentrates: a prospective, single-centre, observational study

The Lancet Haematology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2017, Pages e218-e224

  Selleng, Kathleen ^a   Jenichen, Gregor ^a   Denker, Kathrin ^a   Selleng, Sixten ^a   Müllejans, Bernd ^b   Greinacher, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Heart and Diabetes Center Mecklenburg Vorpommern   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHO(D) ANTIBODY;

AGED; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COOMBS TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COOMBS TEST; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 85017125382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(17)30051-0     Document Type: Article

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