Effects of shorter versus longer storage time of transfused red blood cells in adult ICU patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 204-217

  Rygård, Sofie L ^a   Jonsson, Andreas B ^a   Madsen, Martin B ^a   Perner, Anders ^a,c   Holst, Lars B ^a   Johansson, Pär I ^a   Wetterslev, Jørn ^b,c  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Clinical Intervention Research   (Denmark)

^c Centre for Research in Intensive Care   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood preservation; Blood transfusion; Erythrocyte transfusion; Intensive care unit and critical care; Storage

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLOOD STORAGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTOR; ADULT; ERYTHROCYTE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85040951768     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5069-0     Document Type: Review

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