Length of storage of red blood cells and patient survival after blood transfusion: A binational cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 248-256

  Halmin, Märit ^a,b   Rostgaard, Klaus ^a,c   Lee, Brian K ^a,d   Wikman, Agneta ^a   Norda, Rut ^a,e   Nielsen, Kaspar René ^a,f   Pedersen, Ole B ^a,g   Holmqvist, Jacob ^a,h   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^a,i   Edgren, Gustaf ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Department of Clinical Immunology   (Denmark)

^h AnOpIVA   (Sweden)

ⁱ Sektor for Epidemiologi Og Smitteberedskab   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD STORAGE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESERVATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020328366     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M16-1415     Document Type: Article

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