Transfusion of packed red blood cells at the end of shelf life is associated with increased risk of mortality - A pooled patient data analysis of 16 observational trials

Haematologica

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1542-1548

  Ng, Monica S Y ^a,b   David, Michael ^c   Middelburg, Rutger A ^d,e   Ng, Angela S Y ^a   Suen, Jacky Y ^a   Tung, John Paul ^a,b   Fraser, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SHELF LIFE; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADVERSE EVENT; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85052856202     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2018.191932     Document Type: Article

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